impec
\ɛ̃.pɛk\
The verdict
“impec” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,952
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impeccable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impec · impec · French
impec · rank #47,952 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,952
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH immergés
Nearest frequency peer: immergés (-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 « impec »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ignare
ignare
52,052 corpus weight
- imaginatif
imaginatif
52,051 corpus weight
- immergés
immergés
52,050 corpus weight
- impec
impec
52,049 corpus weight
- imprégnés
imprégnés
52,048 corpus weight
- impulse
impulse
52,047 corpus weight
What this shows « impec » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impec |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pɛk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #47,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impec »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around impec (IPA \ɛ̃.pɛk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,952 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Impeccable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for impec, with forms such as "imepc", "immpec", and "impce". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "impôt", "impro", "impie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is impec, spelled I-M-P-E-C.
Definition
- 1Impeccable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how impec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se glisse parmi ces bons branques, c’est le tremplin qui nous intéresse, on se paie des périlleux avant, des sauts de l’ange, pas spécialement impec mais on se marre.
Christophe Michalak — encore un pâtissier canon ! — conseille de saupoudrer le tiramisu de sucre glace avant de le recouvrir de cacao ; la couche de sucre va absorber l’humidité de la crème, laissant le cacao impec…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imepc
- immpec
- impce
- impecc
- imppec
- ipmec
- mipec
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impec - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).