impromptus
\ɛ̃.pʁɔ̃p.ty\
The verdict
“impromptus” is uncommon French (frequency #83,959 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,959
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de impromptu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impromptus · impromptus · French
impromptus · rank #83,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,959
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 142,603
- PHOTO-FINISH imposèrent
Nearest frequency peer: imposèrent (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “impromptus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- impartiales
impartiales
16,045 corpus weight
- implémentée
implémentée
16,044 corpus weight
- imposèrent
imposèrent
16,043 corpus weight
- impromptus
impromptus
16,042 corpus weight
- inciser
inciser
16,041 corpus weight
- inclusifs
inclusifs
16,040 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “impromptus” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impromptus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁɔ̃p.ty\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impromptus” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
impromptus is uncommon French at frequency #83,959 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁɔ̃p.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de impromptu.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for impromptus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is impromptus, spelled I-M-P-R-O-M-P-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de impromptu.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.