impayée

\ɛ̃.pe.je\

/\ɛ̃.pe.je\/ adj

The verdict

“impayée” is uncommon French (frequency #82,121 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,121
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de impayé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impayee · impayée · French

impayée · rank #82,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,121
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impardonnables

Nearest frequency peer: impardonnables (-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 « impayée »

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 « impayée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for impayée
PropertyValue
Headwordimpayée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pe.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,121
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « impayée » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).impayéetombe 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: « impardonnables » (#82,120), « imperceptiblement » (#82,122), « immuniser » (#82,119). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impayée » est au #82,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

impayée is uncommon French at frequency #82,121 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pe.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de impayé.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for impayée in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is impayée, spelled I-M-P-A-Y-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de impayé.

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 "impayée"?
"impayée" is spelled I-M-P-A-Y-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pe.je\.
What does "impayée" mean?
As an adjective, "impayée" means: Féminin singulier de impayé.
How do you pronounce "impayée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impayée" is \ɛ̃.pe.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impayée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list