impertinent

\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“impertinent” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,341
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impertinent · impertinent · French

impertinent · rank #41,341 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #41,341
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immoralité

Nearest frequency peer: immoralité (-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 « impertinent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « impertinent » 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).

impertinent vs impertinence
83% similar

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

Key facts for impertinent
PropertyValue
Headwordimpertinent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,341
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impertinent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).impertinentse 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 « immoralité » (#41,340), « indéfini » (#41,343), « illustrateurs » (#41,338). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impertinent » est au #41,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around impertinent (IPA \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,341 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for impertinent, with forms such as "imeprtinent", "immpertinent", and "imperitnent". 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, "impertinence", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is impertinent, spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit.
  2. 2
    Qui parle ou qui agit soit avec hauteur et mépris, soit avec familiarité et irrespect.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Paroles impertinentes.
  2. Fait, article impertinent.

Synonyms

inadéquatinappropriéinopportun

Antonyms

pertinent

This word in other languages

impertinent(English)impertinente(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imeprtinent
  • immpertinent
  • imperitnent
  • imperrtinent
  • impertiennt
  • impertinennt
  • impertinentt
  • impertinetn
  • impertinnent
  • impertinnet
  • impertnient
  • imperttinent
  • impetrinent
  • imppertinent
  • impretinent
  • ipmertinent
  • mipertinent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imeprtinent2immpertinent1imperitnent2imperrtinent1impertiennt2impertinennt1impertinentt1impertinetn2
Edit distance from "impertinent"

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 "impertinent"?
"impertinent" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\.
What does "impertinent" mean?
As an adjective, "impertinent" means: Qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit.
What words are commonly confused with "impertinent"?
"impertinent" is commonly confused with "impertinence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impertinent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impertinent" is \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impertinent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

invertébrés#41,356géophysique#41,320gémissement#41,318germination#41,307

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

désespérées17 variantsdépendaient17 variantsdécroissante17 variantsdécorateurs17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list