imperceptible
\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɛp.tibl\
The verdict
“imperceptible” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,390
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être perçu par les sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imperceptible · imperceptible · French
imperceptible · rank #47,390 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,390
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH illuminent
Nearest frequency peer: illuminent (-2 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 « imperceptible »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ifs
ifs
52,615 corpus weight
- Iglesias
Iglesias
52,614 corpus weight
- illuminent
illuminent
52,613 corpus weight
- imperceptib…
imperceptible
52,611 corpus weight
- incestueux
incestueux
52,609 corpus weight
- indiscutabl…
indiscutablement
52,608 corpus weight
What this shows « imperceptible » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imperceptible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɛp.tibl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #47,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imperceptible »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around imperceptible (IPA \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɛp.tibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,390 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for imperceptible, with forms such as "imeprceptible", "immperceptible", and "impecreptible". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is imperceptible, spelled I-M-P-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut être perçu par les sens.
- 2Qui ne peut être perçu par l’esprit, qui échappe à l’attention.
- 3Qui est insignifiant, de peu d’importance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imperceptible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela fait belle lurette que le long rail soudé en sections de 80 mètres à joints de dilatation imperceptibles sur traverses de béton, a remplacé le bon vieux rail de grand-papa & ses traverses de bois créosotées.
Une odeur si légère et si délicate qu’elle est presque imperceptible.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imeprceptible
- immperceptible
- impecreptible
- impercceptible
- impercepitble
- impercepptible
- imperceptbile
- imperceptibble
- imperceptibel
- imperceptiblle
- imperceptilbe
- impercepttible
- impercetpible
- impercpetible
- imperecptible
- imperrceptible
- impperceptible
- impreceptible
- ipmerceptible
- miperceptible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imperceptible - 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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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