impose

\ɛ̃.poz\

/\ɛ̃.poz\/ verb

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The verdict

“impose” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,579
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imposer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impose · impose · French

impose · rank #2,579 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,579
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immobilier

Nearest frequency peer: immobilier (-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 « impose »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « impose » 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).

impose vs impôt
50% similar
impose vs impôts
50% similar
impose vs impute
67% similar

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

Key facts for impose
PropertyValue
Headwordimpose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.poz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,579
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impose »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imposese 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 « immobilier » (#2,578), « imposer » (#2,580), « guide » (#2,577). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impose » est au #2,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around impose (IPA \ɛ̃.poz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,579 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for impose, with forms such as "immpose", "imopse", and "impoes". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "impôt", "impôts", "impute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is impose, spelled I-M-P-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imposer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imposer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imposer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imposer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de imposer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour ce qui est de la forme à donner à cette étude, il apparaît que la chronologie impose quelques divisions principales.
  2. « Le café du pauvre » s’impose dans les courées, dans les corons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpose
  • imopse
  • impoes
  • imposse
  • imppose
  • impsoe
  • ipmose
  • mipose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impose - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

immpose1imopse2impoes2imposse1imppose1impsoe2ipmose2mipose2
Edit distance from "impose"

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 "impose"?
"impose" is spelled I-M-P-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.poz\.
What does "impose" mean?
As a verb, "impose" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imposer.
What words are commonly confused with "impose"?
"impose" is commonly confused with "impôt", "impôts", "impute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impose" is \ɛ̃.poz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impose" come from?
"impose" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

invite#2,581joseph#2,583commis#2,563régler#2,595

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

essence8 variantsEmmanuel8 variantsvivent8 variantsacquis8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list