implacable

\ɛ̃.pla.kabl\

/\ɛ̃.pla.kabl\/ adj

The verdict

“implacable” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,453. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,453
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être apaisé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-implacable · implacable · French

implacable · rank #17,453 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,453
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impensable

Nearest frequency peer: impensable (-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 « implacable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « implacable » 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).

implacable vs imparable
80% similar
implacable vs impeccable
80% similar

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

Key facts for implacable
PropertyValue
Headwordimplacable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pla.kabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,453
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « implacable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.implacablese 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 « impensable » (#17,452), « impérialisme » (#17,454), « impatiente » (#17,451). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « implacable » est au #17,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around implacable (IPA \ɛ̃.pla.kabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,453 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for implacable, with forms such as "imlpacable", "immplacable", and "impalcable". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "imparable", "impeccable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is implacable, spelled I-M-P-L-A-C-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut être apaisé.
  2. 2
    Dont la rigueur est inflexible. (définition tirée du tlfi, consulté le 14 août 2017)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’œuvre de l’Industriel français qui pousse à l’association des petits contre l’implacable et mortelle concurrence des monopoleurs n’en est pas moins fort encourageable.
  2. La mort de Marat ne servit qu’à rendre les haines plus implacables.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlpacable
  • immplacable
  • impalcable
  • implaacble
  • implacabble
  • implacabel
  • implacablle
  • implacalbe
  • implacbale
  • implaccable
  • implcaable
  • impllacable
  • impplacable
  • ipmlacable
  • miplacable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imlpacable2immplacable1impalcable2implaacble2implacabble1implacabel2implacablle1implacalbe2
Edit distance from "implacable"

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 "implacable"?
"implacable" is spelled I-M-P-L-A-C-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pla.kabl\.
What does "implacable" mean?
As an adjective, "implacable" means: Qui ne peut être apaisé.
What words are commonly confused with "implacable"?
"implacable" is commonly confused with "imparable", "impeccable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "implacable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "implacable" is \ɛ̃.pla.kabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "implacable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list