impériale

Name: impériale, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\

/\ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“impériale” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,450
frequency rank, French: 142,603
“I” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Monnaie d’or du poids de quatre deniers quatre grains (100 grains, ou grammes 5,32) et au titre de vingt-trois carats trois quarts (0, 99).

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

impériale vs impériaux

78% similar

impériale vs impériales

90% similar

impériale vs impérial

89% similar

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

Key facts for impériale
Property	Value
Headword	impériale
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#7,450
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “impériale” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). impériale lands here:

#7,450

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around impériale (IPA \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,450 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for impériale, with forms such as "immpériale", "imperiale", and "imppériale". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "impériaux", "impériales", "impérial", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is impériale, spelled I-M-P-É-R-I-A-L-E.

Definition

1
Monnaie d’or du poids de quatre deniers quatre grains (100 grains, ou grammes 5,32) et au titre de vingt-trois carats trois quarts (0, 99).
2
Dôme en impériale, c’est à dire ayant la forme de deux S qui se rejoignent au sommet, rappelant la forme de la couronne d’un empereur.
3
Dessus d’un ciel de lit en forme de dôme impérial ou de dôme ordinaire.
4
Dessus d’un carrosse en forme de dôme.
5
Toit d’un moyen de transport en commun sur lequel des voyageurs peuvent monter.
6
Couronne impériale.
7
Prune impériale.
8
Barbe à l’impériale.
9
Bouteille pouvant contenir six litres de liquide et destinée à recevoir de l'eau-de-vie ou un vin de Bordeaux.
10
Ancien jeu de cartes français du XVIIᵉ siècle à deux joueurs avec un jeu de 32 cartes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

immpériale
imperiale
imppériale
impréiale
impéirale
impéraile
impériael
impérialle
impérilae
impérriale
imépriale
ipmériale
mipériale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "impériale"

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 "impériale"?

"impériale" is spelled I-M-P-É-R-I-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\.

What does "impériale" mean?

As a noun, "impériale" means: Monnaie d’or du poids de quatre deniers quatre grains (100 grains, ou grammes 5,32) et au titre de vingt-trois carats trois quarts (0, 99).

What words are commonly confused with "impériale"?

"impériale" is commonly confused with "impériaux", "impériales", "impérial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "impériale"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impériale" is \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "impériale" come from?

"impériale" 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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Using “impériale”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is I-M-P-É-R-I-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “impériaux” - see the side-by-side comparison. impériale vs impériaux
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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.