impérativement
\ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“impérativement” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,863
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière impérative.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impérativement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #19,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impérativement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around impérativement (IPA \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #19,863 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière impérative.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for impérativement, with forms such as "immpérativement", "imperativement", and "imppérativement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is impérativement, spelled I-M-P-É-R-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière impérative.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- immpérativement
- imperativement
- imppérativement
- impréativement
- impéartivement
- impéraitvement
- impératievment
- impérativeemnt
- impérativemennt
- impérativementt
- impérativemetn
- impérativemment
- impérativemnet
- impérativmeent
- impérativvement
- impérattivement
- impératviement
- impérrativement
- impértaivement
- iméprativement
- ipmérativement
- mipérativement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impérativement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “impérativement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-M-P-É-R-A-T-I-V-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tiv.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.