imprégnant
\ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“imprégnant” is uncommon French (frequency #89,813 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,813
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui imprègne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impregnant · imprégnant · French
imprégnant · rank #89,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,813
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imprescriptib…
Nearest frequency peer: imprescriptible (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « imprégnant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- importaient
importaient
10,191 corpus weight
- imprenables
imprenables
10,190 corpus weight
- imprescript…
imprescriptible
10,189 corpus weight
- imprégnant
imprégnant
10,188 corpus weight
- impérissabl…
impérissables
10,187 corpus weight
- inavoué
inavoué
10,186 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « imprégnant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imprégnant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « imprégnant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
imprégnant is uncommon French at frequency #89,813 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui imprègne.".
imprégnant has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is imprégnant, spelled I-M-P-R-É-G-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui imprègne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imprégnant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bitume libre qu’on ajoute est évidemment absorbé par celui déjà logé dans les pores du calcaire ; véhiculé par lui, il pénètre jusque dans les plus intimes cavités de l’asphalte, comme une goutte d’huile suit le chemin tracé par une autre goutte ; mais on ne saurait prétendre que le bitume libre apporte avec lui des propriétés nouvelles ; ses fonctions…
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).