imperfection

\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“imperfection” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,832
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui n’est pas parfait, achevé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imperfection · imperfection · French

imperfection · rank #41,832 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #41,832
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impeccables

Nearest frequency peer: impeccables (-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 « imperfection »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imperfection » 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).

imperfection vs imperfections
92% similar

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

Key facts for imperfection
PropertyValue
Headwordimperfection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#41,832
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imperfection »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impeccables » (#41,831), « impressionnisme » (#41,833), « immorale » (#41,830). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imperfection » est au #41,832. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around imperfection (IPA \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,832 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for imperfection, with forms such as "imeprfection", "immperfection", and "impefrection". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imperfections", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is imperfection, spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui n’est pas parfait, achevé.
  2. 2
    État d’une personne ou d’une chose qui n’est pas parfaite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La plupart des gens en prennent leur parti malgré les imperfections sociales dont ils souffrent, et traitent de rêveurs et d’utopistes ceux qui prévoient les changements et travaillent à en hâter la réalisation.
  2. ... il est certain que, puisque faillir et se tromper est une espèce d’imperfection ...

This word in other languages

imperfection(English)imperfección(Español)Fehler(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imeprfection
  • immperfection
  • impefrection
  • imperefction
  • imperfcetion
  • imperfecction
  • imperfeciton
  • imperfectino
  • imperfectionn
  • imperfectoin
  • imperfecttion
  • imperfetcion
  • imperffection
  • imperrfection
  • impperfection
  • imprefection
  • ipmerfection
  • miperfection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imperfection - 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.

imeprfection2immperfection1impefrection2imperefction2imperfcetion2imperfecction1imperfeciton2imperfectino2
Edit distance from "imperfection"

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 "imperfection"?
"imperfection" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "imperfection" mean?
As a noun, "imperfection" means: État de ce qui n’est pas parfait, achevé.
What words are commonly confused with "imperfection"?
"imperfection" is commonly confused with "imperfections". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imperfection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imperfection" is \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imperfection" come from?
"imperfection" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

incompétente#41,836incontinence#41,837encaissement#41,767déconcertant#41,748

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

illustratrice18 variantsdiscontinuer18 variantsphotography18 variantstransparaît18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list