impitoyable

\ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\

/\ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“impitoyable” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,388
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est insensible à la pitié, qui est sans pitié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impitoyable · impitoyable · French

impitoyable · rank #16,388 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,388
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immonde

Nearest frequency peer: immonde (-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 « impitoyable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « impitoyable » 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).

impitoyable vs impitoyables
92% similar

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

Key facts for impitoyable
PropertyValue
Headwordimpitoyable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,388
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impitoyable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).impitoyablese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « immonde » (#16,387), « imprimeur » (#16,389), « illustrée » (#16,386). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impitoyable » est au #16,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around impitoyable (IPA \ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,388 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for impitoyable, with forms such as "imiptoyable", "immpitoyable", and "impiotyable". 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, "impitoyables", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is impitoyable, spelled I-M-P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est insensible à la pitié, qui est sans pitié.
  2. 2
    Qui est d’une excessive sévérité, qui ne fait grâce à rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En trois jours, en trois arrivées totalement différentes, le patron du Tour a marqué les esprits : adroit et offensif sur les pavés, surpuissant dans un sprint en côte, ultra-déterminé et impitoyable après les 7 km d’ascension de la Planche.
  2. Staline s'était signalé par des proscriptions impitoyables : découvertes de complots, exécutions d'agents de l'ennemi, épurations à coup de révolver.

Synonyms

sans mercisans pitiécruelimplacableinexorableinflexibleinsensibleintraitable

This word in other languages

ruthless(English)desalmado(Español)schonungslos(Deutsch)inflexível(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imiptoyable
  • immpitoyable
  • impiotyable
  • impitoayble
  • impitoyabble
  • impitoyabel
  • impitoyablle
  • impitoyalbe
  • impitoybale
  • impitoyyable
  • impittoyable
  • impityoable
  • imppitoyable
  • imptioyable
  • ipmitoyable
  • mipitoyable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imiptoyable2immpitoyable1impiotyable2impitoayble2impitoyabble1impitoyabel2impitoyablle1impitoyalbe2
Edit distance from "impitoyable"

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 "impitoyable"?
"impitoyable" is spelled I-M-P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\.
What does "impitoyable" mean?
As an adjective, "impitoyable" means: Qui est insensible à la pitié, qui est sans pitié.
What words are commonly confused with "impitoyable"?
"impitoyable" is commonly confused with "impitoyables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impitoyable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impitoyable" is \ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impitoyable" come from?
"impitoyable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

habillement#16,377géométrique#16,376itinéraires#16,400fascination#16,362

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

médiathèque16 variantscouronnement16 variantsprécurseur16 variantsclassements16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list