impénitent

\ɛ̃.pe.ni.tɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pe.ni.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“impénitent” is uncommon French (frequency #81,248 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,248
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est endurci dans le péché et n’a aucun regret d’avoir offensé Dieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impenitent · impénitent · French

impénitent · rank #81,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,248
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impréparation

Nearest frequency peer: impréparation (-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 « impénitent »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for impénitent
PropertyValue
Headwordimpénitent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pe.ni.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « impénitent » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « impréparation » (#81,247), « inarrêtable » (#81,249), « impeachment » (#81,246). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impénitent » est au #81,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

impénitent is uncommon French at frequency #81,248 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pe.ni.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for impénitent, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is impénitent, spelled I-M-P-É-N-I-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est endurci dans le péché et n’a aucun regret d’avoir offensé Dieu.
  2. 2
    Qui refuse d’améliorer sa conduite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce pasteur se dit « un omnisexuel resté homme d’Église par perversité ». Il demeure un coureur de jupons impénitent. Il n'a que mépris pour les exigences de son sacerdoce ou ses supérieurs hiérarchiques.
  2. […]; tenant à se faire remarquer, elle avait grimpé à l’extrémité du bout-dehors de beaupré, où, petit diable noir, elle se profilait sur la glace ; un gabier breveté le ramena, impénitente, ronronnante, […].

This word in other languages

unrepentant(English)unbußfertig(Deutsch)

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 "impénitent"?
"impénitent" is spelled I-M-P-É-N-I-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pe.ni.tɑ̃\.
What does "impénitent" mean?
As an adjective, "impénitent" means: Qui est endurci dans le péché et n’a aucun regret d’avoir offensé Dieu.
How do you pronounce "impénitent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impénitent" is \ɛ̃.pe.ni.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impénitent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

imminentes#81,244inexplorée#81,255hydravions#81,236homériques#81,233

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list