impôts

\ɛ̃.po\

/\ɛ̃.po\/ noun

The verdict

“impôts” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,368
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Pluriel de impôt.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impots · impôts · French

impôts · rank #2,368 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,368
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH grosses

Nearest frequency peer: grosses (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “impôts”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “impôts” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

impôts vs impute
67% similar
impôts vs impôt
83% similar
impôts vs îlots
33% similar

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

Key facts for impôts
PropertyValue
Headwordimpôts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.po\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,368
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “impôts” 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). impôts lands here:

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

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around impôts (IPA \ɛ̃.po\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,368 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de impôt.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for impôts, with forms such as "immpôts", "impots", and "imppôts". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "impute", "impôt", "îlots", 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 impôts, spelled I-M-P-Ô-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de impôt.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour les remettre à flot, il employa le salvateur moyen à la disposition des politiques : il augmenta les impôts.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpôts
  • impots
  • imppôts
  • imptôs
  • impôst
  • impôtss
  • impôtts
  • imôpts
  • ipmôts
  • mipôts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

immpôts1impots1imppôts1imptôs2impôst2impôtss1impôtts1imôpts2
Edit distance from "impôts"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impôts"?
"impôts" is spelled I-M-P-Ô-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.po\.
What does "impôts" mean?
As a noun, "impôts" means: Pluriel de impôt.
What words are commonly confused with "impôts"?
"impôts" is commonly confused with "impute", "impôt", "îlots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impôts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impôts" is \ɛ̃.po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impôts" come from?
"impôts" 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 "impôts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

What to do next

You've looked up "impôts". Here's where to go from here.

  • "impôts" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "impute". View pair
  • 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #2,368 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse

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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