impertinence

\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“impertinence” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,809
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière irrespectueuse de parler et d’agir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impertinence · impertinence · French

impertinence · rank #46,809 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,809
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immuables

Nearest frequency peer: immuables (-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 « impertinence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « impertinence » 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).

impertinence vs impertinent
83% similar

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

Key facts for impertinence
PropertyValue
Headwordimpertinence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#46,809
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impertinence »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).impertinencese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « immuables » (#46,808), « imperturbable » (#46,810), « immatriculés » (#46,807). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impertinence » est au #46,809. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around impertinence (IPA \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,809 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for impertinence, with forms such as "imeprtinence", "immpertinence", and "imperitnence". 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, "impertinent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is impertinence, spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière irrespectueuse de parler et d’agir.
  2. 2
    Manière de parler et d’agir contre les bienséances.
  3. 3
    Ce qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit ; caractère de ce qui n'est pas pertinent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est une grande misère que de n’avoir pas assez d’esprit pour bien parler, ni assez de jugement pour se taire. Voilà le principe de toute impertinence.
  2. Voilà comme sont tous ces grands seigneurs, […], ils vous engagent à parler, vous y invitent par des compliments ; vous croyez les amuser, point du tout ! Ils vous font des impertinences, vous mettent à distance et vous jettent même à la porte sans se gêner.

This word in other languages

impertinence(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imeprtinence
  • immpertinence
  • imperitnence
  • imperrtinence
  • impertiennce
  • impertinecne
  • impertinencce
  • impertinenec
  • impertinennce
  • impertinnece
  • impertinnence
  • impertnience
  • imperttinence
  • impetrinence
  • imppertinence
  • impretinence
  • ipmertinence
  • mipertinence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impertinence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imeprtinence2immpertinence1imperitnence2imperrtinence1impertiennce2impertinecne2impertinencce1impertinenec2
Edit distance from "impertinence"

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 "impertinence"?
"impertinence" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\.
What does "impertinence" mean?
As a noun, "impertinence" means: Manière irrespectueuse de parler et d’agir.
What words are commonly confused with "impertinence"?
"impertinence" is commonly confused with "impertinent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impertinence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impertinence" is \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impertinence" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

immatriculés#46,807inflammables#46,818ininterrompu#46,821installèrent#46,823

Similar misspelling depth

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

insurrections18 variantsinvestitures18 variantsdérégulation18 variantsdéductibles18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list