imprègnent

\ɛ̃.pʁɛɲ\

/\ɛ̃.pʁɛɲ\/ verb

The verdict

“imprègnent” is uncommon French (frequency #72,420 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,420
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de imprégner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impregnent · imprègnent · French

imprègnent · rank #72,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,420
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impartis

Nearest frequency peer: impartis (-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 « imprègnent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « imprègnent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imprègnent
PropertyValue
Headwordimprègnent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁɛɲ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « imprègnent » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imprègnenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « impartis » (#72,419), « impétueuse » (#72,421), « illustrait » (#72,418). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprègnent » est au #72,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imprègnent is uncommon French at frequency #72,420 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁɛɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

imprègnent has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is imprègnent, spelled I-M-P-R-È-G-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de imprégner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de imprégner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Très controversés, ces pesticides sont principalement utilisés de manière préventive, en enrobage des semences : lorsque les plantes traitées poussent, tous leurs tissus (feuilles, tiges, pollen, nectar, etc.) s’imprègnent du toxique.

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 "imprègnent"?
"imprègnent" is spelled I-M-P-R-È-G-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁɛɲ\.
What does "imprègnent" mean?
As a verb, "imprègnent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de imprégner.
How do you pronounce "imprègnent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprègnent" is \ɛ̃.pʁɛɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprègnent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list