imposants

\ɛ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“imposants” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,091
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de imposant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imposants · imposants · French

imposants · rank #35,091 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,091
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH implosion

Nearest frequency peer: implosion (-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 « imposants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imposants » 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).

imposants vs imposent
78% similar
imposants vs imposant
89% similar
imposants vs imposait
78% similar

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

Key facts for imposants
PropertyValue
Headwordimposants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,091
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imposants »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).imposantsse 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 « implosion » (#35,090), « imprègne » (#35,092), « inadapté » (#35,093). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imposants » est au #35,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around imposants (IPA \ɛ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,091 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de imposant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for imposants, with forms such as "immposants", "imopsants", and "impoasnts". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "imposent", "imposant", "imposait", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is imposants, spelled I-M-P-O-S-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de imposant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immposants
  • imopsants
  • impoasnts
  • imposannts
  • imposanst
  • imposantss
  • imposantts
  • imposatns
  • imposnats
  • impossants
  • impposants
  • impsoants
  • ipmosants
  • miposants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

immposants1imopsants2impoasnts2imposannts1imposanst2imposantss1imposantts1imposatns2
Edit distance from "imposants"

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 "imposants"?
"imposants" is spelled I-M-P-O-S-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃\.
What does "imposants" mean?
As an adjective, "imposants" means: Masculin pluriel de imposant.
What words are commonly confused with "imposants"?
"imposants" is commonly confused with "imposent", "imposant", "imposait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imposants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imposants" is \ɛ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imposants" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

implosion#35,090inaudible#35,095hécatombe#35,086indiquera#35,099

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

intitulés14 variantsinventant14 variantsformeront14 variantsfainéants14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list