imprégnation
\ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“imprégnation” is uncommon French (frequency #50,284 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,284
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fécondation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impregnation · imprégnation · French
imprégnation · rank #50,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,284
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imprimeries
Nearest frequency peer: imprimeries (-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 « imprégnation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- impactant
impactant
49,720 corpus weight
- impayé
impayé
49,719 corpus weight
- imprimeries
imprimeries
49,718 corpus weight
- imprégnation
imprégnation
49,717 corpus weight
- imputés
imputés
49,716 corpus weight
- inchangés
inchangés
49,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « imprégnation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imprégnation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « imprégnation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
imprégnation is uncommon French at frequency #50,284 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for imprégnation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is imprégnation, spelled I-M-P-R-É-G-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fécondation.
- 2Action d’imprégner ou résultat de cette action.
- 3Instauration d’un lien privilégié entre un homme et un animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imprégnation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’âne et l’ânesse y tendent encore par une autre cause, comme ils sont originaires des climats chauds, le froid s’oppose à leur génération, et c’est par cette raison qu’on attend les chaleurs de l’été pour les faire accoupler ; lorsqu’on les laisse joindre dans d’autres temps, et surtout en hiver, il est rare que l'imprégnation suive l’accouplement, même…
Popularisée par les films animaliers, la technique de l’imprégnation permet de montrer ce qu’est la vie sauvage, sans capturer les animaux.
This word in other languages
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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