impayement
\ɛ̃.pɛ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“impayement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de impaiement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impayement · impayement · French
impayement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impayement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pɛ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « impayement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
impayement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.pɛ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de impaiement.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for impayement in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 impayement, spelled I-M-P-A-Y-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Variante de impaiement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how impayement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour la compléter, nous dirons : Élever le taux de l'escompte : c'est le moyen qui présente le moins d'inconvénients; il coûte, mais il sauve le commerçant de l’impayement de ses échéances.
La situation de crise sévissant dans les foyers des salariés suite à l’impayement des salaires durant plusieurs mois consécutifs. La Gécamines et la SNCC ont connu des périodes d’impayement allant parfois au-delà de six mois.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.