imprimant

\ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“imprimant” is uncommon French (frequency #63,070 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,070
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est le support du motif à reproduire dans un dispositif destiné à imprimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprimant · imprimant · French

imprimant · rank #63,070 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,070
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impressionnab…

Nearest frequency peer: impressionnable (-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 « imprimant »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imprimant
PropertyValue
Headwordimprimant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,070
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « imprimant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imprimanttombe 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: « impressionnable » (#63,069), « imprudents » (#63,071), « impudique » (#63,072). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprimant » est au #63,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imprimant is uncommon French at frequency #63,070 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

imprimant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 imprimant, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est le support du motif à reproduire dans un dispositif destiné à imprimer.
  2. 2
    Qui imprime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les instruments télégraphiques imprimants et leurs applications forment la troisième partie de cette invention.

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 "imprimant"?
"imprimant" is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃\.
What does "imprimant" mean?
As an adjective, "imprimant" means: Qui est le support du motif à reproduire dans un dispositif destiné à imprimer.
How do you pronounce "imprimant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprimant" is \ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprimant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

impudique#63,072immersive#63,066immergées#63,065incrimine#63,075

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list