imprimait

\ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ\

/\ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“imprimait” is uncommon French (frequency #98,080 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,080
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de imprimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprimait · imprimait · French

imprimait · rank #98,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,080
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imprimatur

Nearest frequency peer: imprimatur (+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 « imprimait »

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 « imprimait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imprimait
PropertyValue
Headwordimprimait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « imprimait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imprimaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « imprimatur » (#98,081), « impassibilité » (#98,078), « incitées » (#98,082). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprimait » est au #98,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imprimait is uncommon French at frequency #98,080 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de imprimer.".

Zero misspellings are on record for imprimait in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is imprimait, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de imprimer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. D’où diable vient-elle si matin ? se demanda-t-il en analysant le mouvement onduleux de la robe auquel elle imprimait une grâce peut-être exagérée.

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 "imprimait"?
"imprimait" is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ\.
What does "imprimait" mean?
As a verb, "imprimait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de imprimer.
How do you pronounce "imprimait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprimait" is \ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list