imprenable

\ɛ̃.pʁə.nabl\

/\ɛ̃.pʁə.nabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“imprenable” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,755
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut être pris, en parlant de villes, de forteresses, etc., que l'on ne peut pas conquérir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprenable · imprenable · French

imprenable · rank #26,755 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,755
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impayés

Nearest frequency peer: impayés (-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 « imprenable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imprenable » 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).

imprenable vs improbable
80% similar
imprenable vs impensable
80% similar

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

Key facts for imprenable
PropertyValue
Headwordimprenable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁə.nabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,755
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imprenable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).imprenablese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impayés » (#26,754), « improvisée » (#26,756), « idylle » (#26,753). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprenable » est au #26,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around imprenable (IPA \ɛ̃.pʁə.nabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,755 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprenable, with forms such as "immprenable", "impernable", and "impprenable". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "improbable", "impensable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is imprenable, spelled I-M-P-R-E-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne peut être pris, en parlant de villes, de forteresses, etc., que l'on ne peut pas conquérir.
  2. 2
    Que l'on ne peut prendre, saisir ou attraper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant tout le cours du moyen âge, cette forteresse fut considérée comme imprenable. Le fait est qu’elle ne fut point attaquée et n’ouvrit ses portes au prince Noir, Édouard, en 1355, que quand tout le pays du Languedoc se fut soumis à ce conquérant.
  2. La ville avait la réputation d'être imprenable ; son château s'élevait à l'est et la ceinture de murailles qui entourait la cité venait s'y attacher; des portes, des bastions, des fossés formaient un respectable appareil de défense.

Synonyms

inexpugnable

This word in other languages

impregnable(English)inexpugnable(Español)inexpugnável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immprenable
  • impernable
  • impprenable
  • impreanble
  • imprenabble
  • imprenabel
  • imprenablle
  • imprenalbe
  • imprenbale
  • imprennable
  • imprneable
  • imprrenable
  • imrpenable
  • ipmrenable
  • miprenable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprenable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

immprenable1impernable2impprenable1impreanble2imprenabble1imprenabel2imprenablle1imprenalbe2
Edit distance from "imprenable"

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 "imprenable"?
"imprenable" is spelled I-M-P-R-E-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁə.nabl\.
What does "imprenable" mean?
As an adjective, "imprenable" means: Qui ne peut être pris, en parlant de villes, de forteresses, etc., que l'on ne peut pas conquérir.
What words are commonly confused with "imprenable"?
"imprenable" is commonly confused with "improbable", "impensable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imprenable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprenable" is \ɛ̃.pʁə.nabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprenable" come from?
"imprenable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

improvisée#26,756hermétique#26,750incubation#26,760jardiniers#26,770

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

intéressera15 variantsdérivation15 variantsdérangent15 variantsdélicieuses15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list