impliquer

\ɛ̃.pli.ke\

/\ɛ̃.pli.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“impliquer” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,852 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#9,852
frequency rank, French
9
letters
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Envelopper, engager, en parlant d’un crime ou de quelque affaire fâcheuse.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impliquer vs impliqués
78% similar
impliquer vs implique
89% similar
impliquer vs impliquée
78% similar

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

Key facts for impliquer
PropertyValue
Headwordimpliquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.pli.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,852
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “impliquer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). impliquer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for impliquer is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.pli.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,852 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for impliquer, with forms such as "imlpiquer", "immpliquer", and "impilquer". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "impliqués", "implique", "impliquée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 impliquer, spelled I-M-P-L-I-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Envelopper, engager, en parlant d’un crime ou de quelque affaire fâcheuse.
  2. 2
    Comporter comme partie intégrante, faire participer (sans idée péjorative).
  3. 3
    Renfermer ; contenir.
  4. 4
    Ne pas pouvoir être vrai quand la proposition logique visée est fausse.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imlpiquer,immpliquer,impilquer,impliqeur,impliqquer,impliquerr,impliqure,impliuqer,implliquer,implqiuer,imppliquer,ipmliquer,mipliquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imlpiquer2immpliquer1impilquer2impliqeur2impliqquer1impliquerr1impliqure2impliuqer2
Edit distance from "impliquer"

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 "impliquer"?
"impliquer" is spelled I-M-P-L-I-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pli.ke\.
What does "impliquer" mean?
As a verb, "impliquer" means: Envelopper, engager, en parlant d’un crime ou de quelque affaire fâcheuse.
What words are commonly confused with "impliquer"?
"impliquer" is commonly confused with "impliqués", "implique", "impliquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impliquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impliquer" is \ɛ̃.pli.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impliquer" come from?
"impliquer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “impliquer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-M-P-L-I-Q-U-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛ̃.pli.ke\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “impliqués” - see the side-by-side comparison. impliquer vs impliqués
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list