impropre

\ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\

/\ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“impropre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,301
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas propre (à quelque chose), qui ne devrait pas être utilisé (pour quelque chose).

Corpus desk

Index FR-impropre · impropre · French

impropre · rank #33,301 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #33,301
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imprécis

Nearest frequency peer: imprécis (+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 « impropre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « impropre » 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).

impropre vs implore
75% similar

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

Key facts for impropre
PropertyValue
Headwordimpropre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,301
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impropre »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « imprécis » (#33,302), « imposantes » (#33,299), « incendiaire » (#33,303). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impropre » est au #33,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around impropre (IPA \ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,301 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for impropre, with forms such as "immpropre", "imporpre", and "imppropre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "implore", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is impropre, spelled I-M-P-R-O-P-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas propre (à quelque chose), qui ne devrait pas être utilisé (pour quelque chose).
  2. 2
    Anormal.
  3. 3
    Qui ne convient pas, qui n’est pas juste, exact.
  4. 4
    se dit d’une fraction dont le numérateur est supérieur au dénominateur.
  5. 5
    S'emploie pour une intégrale comme synonyme de généralisée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’inspection ante-mortem peut améliorer l’efficacité de l’opération en éliminant un certain nombre d’animaux qui seraient impropres à la consommation.
  2. Il a fait de cet outil, un usage impropre.

This word in other languages

improper(English)impropio(Español)impróprio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpropre
  • imporpre
  • imppropre
  • improper
  • improppre
  • improprre
  • improrpe
  • imprpore
  • imprropre
  • imrpopre
  • ipmropre
  • mipropre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impropre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

immpropre1imporpre2imppropre1improper2improppre1improprre1improrpe2imprpore2
Edit distance from "impropre"

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 "impropre"?
"impropre" is spelled I-M-P-R-O-P-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\.
What does "impropre" mean?
As an adjective, "impropre" means: Qui n’est pas propre (à quelque chose), qui ne devrait pas être utilisé (pour quelque chose).
What words are commonly confused with "impropre"?
"impropre" is commonly confused with "implore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impropre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impropre" is \ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impropre" come from?
"impropre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imprécis#33,302infiltre#33,306ignorées#33,294ignobles#33,293

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

illuminati12 variantsgênants12 variantsgermains12 variantslocatifs12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list