imposer

\ɛ̃.po.ze\

/\ɛ̃.po.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“imposer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,580
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre dessus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imposer · imposer · French

imposer · rank #2,580 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,580
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impose

Nearest frequency peer: impose (-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 « imposer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imposer » 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).

imposer vs imputer
71% similar
imposer vs imposera
88% similar
imposer vs imposteur
78% similar

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

Key facts for imposer
PropertyValue
Headwordimposer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.po.ze\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,580
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imposer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imposerse 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 « impose » (#2,579), « invite » (#2,581), « immobilier » (#2,578). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imposer » est au #2,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around imposer (IPA \ɛ̃.po.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,580 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for imposer, with forms such as "immposer", "imopser", and "impoesr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "imputer", "imposera", "imposteur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 imposer, spelled I-M-P-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre dessus.
  2. 2
    Prescrire ou infliger à quelqu’un une chose incommode, pénible ou difficile.
  3. 3
    Rendre obligatoire.
  4. 4
    Forcer quelqu’un pour qu’il accueille une personne ou pour qu’il accepte une chose.
  5. 5
    Inspirer du respect, de l’admiration, de la crainte, faire impression.
  6. 6
    Inspirer du respect.
  7. 7
    Taxer, en parlant des tributs, des droits, des contributions, des taxes, des impôts que le gouvernement exige des particuliers dans l’intérêt commun.
  8. 8
    Se dit aussi des matières sur lesquelles on met des impôts.
  9. 9
    Ranger, disposer les pages qui doivent composer une forme, de telle sorte qu’elles se trouvent dans l’ordre convenable sur la feuille imprimée et pliée.
  10. 10
    Imposer ses convictions, sa domination.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sorcier imposait les mains sur les malades ; les malades donnaient une gifle au sorcier, et ils s’en retournaient guéris. Cela coûtait deux sous.
  2. Si l’encens est employé, avant le départ [de la procession], le prêtre impose l’encens dans l’encensoir et le bénit d’un signe de croix, sans rien dire.

This word in other languages

place(English)imponer(Español)auferlegen(Deutsch)impor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immposer
  • imopser
  • impoesr
  • imposerr
  • imposre
  • imposser
  • impposer
  • impsoer
  • ipmoser
  • miposer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

immposer1imopser2impoesr2imposerr1imposre2imposser1impposer1impsoer2
Edit distance from "imposer"

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 "imposer"?
"imposer" is spelled I-M-P-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.po.ze\.
What does "imposer" mean?
As a verb, "imposer" means: Mettre dessus.
What words are commonly confused with "imposer"?
"imposer" is commonly confused with "imputer", "imposera", "imposteur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imposer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imposer" is \ɛ̃.po.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imposer" come from?
"imposer" 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 "imposer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

essence#2,575normale#2,585entière#2,574poisson#2,589

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

régler10 variantscolonel10 variantsChrist10 variantschacune10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list