impassible

\ɛ̃.pa.sibl\

/\ɛ̃.pa.sibl\/ adj

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The verdict

“impassible” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,731
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas susceptible de souffrance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impassible · impassible · French

impassible · rank #33,731 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,731
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immobiles

Nearest frequency peer: immobiles (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « impassible »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « impassible » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impassible vs impossible
90% similar
impassible vs impossibles
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for impassible
PropertyValue
Headwordimpassible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pa.sibl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,731
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impassible »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.impassiblese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « immobiles » (#33,730), « imprimeurs » (#33,732), « hérédité » (#33,729). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impassible » est au #33,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around impassible (IPA \ɛ̃.pa.sibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,731 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for impassible, with forms such as "imapssible", "immpassible", and "impasible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "impossible", "impossibles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is impassible, spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas susceptible de souffrance.
  2. 2
    Qui est assez maître de lui pour ne pas laisser paraître ses souffrances physiques ou ses émotions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how impassible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jean Valjean était entré au bagne sanglotant et frémissant ; il en sortit impassible.
  2. Pourquoi ce bœuf impassible, et qui ne rumine même pas, semble-t-il attendre, pour ne pas brouiller l’herbe française avec l’herbe allemande ?

This word in other languages

impassible(English)impasible(Español)gleichgültig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imapssible
  • immpassible
  • impasible
  • impasisble
  • impassbile
  • impassibble
  • impassibel
  • impassiblle
  • impassilbe
  • imppassible
  • impsasible
  • ipmassible
  • mipassible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impassible - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imapssible2immpassible1impasible1impasisble2impassbile2impassibble1impassibel2impassiblle1
Edit distance from "impassible"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impassible"?
"impassible" is spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pa.sibl\.
What does "impassible" mean?
As an adjective, "impassible" means: Qui n’est pas susceptible de souffrance.
What words are commonly confused with "impassible"?
"impassible" is commonly confused with "impossible", "impossibles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impassible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impassible" is \ɛ̃.pa.sibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impassible" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "impassible", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imprimeurs#33,732itinérants#33,742gratifiant#33,715Geschichte#33,709

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

incendier13 variantsglorifier13 variantsleitmotiv13 variantsMachiavel13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list