impropres
\ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\
The verdict
“impropres” is uncommon French (frequency #54,014 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,014
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de impropre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impropres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impropres” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
impropres is uncommon French at frequency #54,014 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de impropre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for impropres, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 impropres, spelled I-M-P-R-O-P-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de 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.
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Using “impropres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-M-P-R-O-P-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.pʁɔpʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.