impatienter

\ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te\

/\ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“impatienter” is uncommon French (frequency #64,524 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,524
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre impatient, agacer, exaspérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impatienter · impatienter · French

impatienter · rank #64,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,524
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imi

Nearest frequency peer: imi (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « impatienter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « impatienter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for impatienter
PropertyValue
Headwordimpatienter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,524
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « impatienter » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.impatientertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « imi » (#64,523), « impertinente » (#64,525), « inaliénables » (#64,526). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impatienter » est au #64,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

impatienter is uncommon French at frequency #64,524 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for impatienter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is impatienter, spelled I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre impatient, agacer, exaspérer.
  2. 2
    Perdre patience.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La femme de l’aubergiste donc, fit patienter et impatienter les deux amis avec une habileté fort remarquable.
  2. Ce notaire faisait de l’esprit ; il prenait pour une approbation le faux sourire de la marquise, qu’il impatientait considérablement, et il allait son train.

This word in other languages

impatient(English)

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 "impatienter"?
"impatienter" is spelled I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te\.
What does "impatienter" mean?
As a verb, "impatienter" means: Rendre impatient, agacer, exaspérer.
How do you pronounce "impatienter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impatienter" is \ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impatienter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list