impératrice

\ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis\

/\ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“impératrice” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,397
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souveraine d’un empire : femme qui règne sur un empire. Impératrice régnante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imperatrice · impératrice · French

impératrice · rank #12,397 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,397
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immatriculati…

Nearest frequency peer: immatriculation (-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 « impératrice »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « impératrice » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impératrice vs impérative
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for impératrice
PropertyValue
Headwordimpératrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,397
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impératrice »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.impératricese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « immatriculation » (#12,396), « inconnues » (#12,398), « indiquée » (#12,399). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impératrice » est au #12,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around impératrice (IPA \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,397 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for impératrice, with forms such as "immpératrice", "imperatrice", and "imppératrice". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "impérative", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is impératrice, spelled I-M-P-É-R-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souveraine d’un empire : femme qui règne sur un empire. Impératrice régnante.
  2. 2
    Épouse d’un empereur. Impératrice consort.
  3. 3
    Troisième atout du tarot de Marseille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelques jours après, la gazette annonça que l’Empereur était à Paris, et qu’on allait couronner le roi de Rome et l’impératrice Marie-Louise.
  2. Et pourtant le bon sens s’oppose à ce qu’une impératrice s’accommode comme une danseuse, qui semblerait une manière de provocation aux bonnes mœurs […]

Synonyms

emperesseemperière

This word in other languages

empress(English)emperatriz(Español)Kaiserin(Deutsch)imperatriz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpératrice
  • imperatrice
  • imppératrice
  • impréatrice
  • impéartrice
  • impérartice
  • impératirce
  • impératrcie
  • impératricce
  • impératriec
  • impératrrice
  • impérattrice
  • impérratrice
  • impértarice
  • imépratrice
  • ipmératrice
  • mipératrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impératrice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

immpératrice1imperatrice1imppératrice1impréatrice2impéartrice2impérartice2impératirce2impératrcie2
Edit distance from "impératrice"

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 "impératrice"?
"impératrice" is spelled I-M-P-É-R-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis\.
What does "impératrice" mean?
As a noun, "impératrice" means: Souveraine d’un empire : femme qui règne sur un empire. Impératrice régnante.
What words are commonly confused with "impératrice"?
"impératrice" is commonly confused with "impérative". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impératrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impératrice" is \ɛ̃.pe.ʁa.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impératrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

expéditions#12,379entraîneurs#12,372minoritaire#12,422poursuivant#12,450

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

compétents17 variantsacharnement17 variantsabstraction17 variantsrespectable17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list