impermanent
\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“impermanent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas permanent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impermanent · impermanent · French
impermanent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impermanent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « impermanent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
impermanent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas permanent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for impermanent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is impermanent, spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas permanent.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.