improbité
\ɛ̃.pʁɔ.bi.te\
The verdict
“improbité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut de probité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-improbite · improbité · French
improbité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | improbité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.bi.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « improbité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
improbité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.bi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Défaut de probité.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for improbité, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is improbité, spelled I-M-P-R-O-B-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Défaut de probité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how improbité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils croient la faveur chose toute naturelle, et aussi l’improbité ; on a copié effrontément dans le Centre ; mes collègues me disent que de tout temps le Midi s’est montré moins loyal dans les compositions que le Nord. — C’est une tradition en France ; sous l’ancienne monarchie, il fallait aller solliciter les juges.
Et, chez cet homme instruit, affiné, dont la vie de mystère cachait peut-être des crimes, mais pas un acte d’improbité basse, on sentait un théoricien implacable, têtu, résolu à mettre le feu au monde, pour le triomphe de l’idée.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.