imprudent

\ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“imprudent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,203
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui manque de prudence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprudent · imprudent · French

imprudent · rank #28,203 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,203
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imparfaite

Nearest frequency peer: imparfaite (-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 « imprudent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imprudent » 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).

imprudent vs imprudente
90% similar
imprudent vs imprudence
80% similar

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

Key facts for imprudent
PropertyValue
Headwordimprudent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,203
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imprudent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imprudentse 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 « imparfaite » (#28,202), « impuissante » (#28,204), « immobilisation » (#28,201). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprudent » est au #28,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around imprudent (IPA \ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,203 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprudent, with forms such as "immprudent", "impprudent", and "imprduent". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "imprudente", "imprudence", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 imprudent, spelled I-M-P-R-U-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui manque de prudence.
  2. 2
    Qui dénote un manque de prudence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Mon bel enfant, as-tu trouvé des chimères ? Le marin que tu m’as envoyé m’a dit que tu étais imprudent. Cela m’a rassurée. Sois toujours très imprudent, mon petit, c’est la seule façon d’avoir un peu de plaisir à vivre dans notre époque de manufactures. »
  2. Les adultes qui veulent protéger les enfants victimes de violences sexuelles font l’objet de menaces et de sanctions. Ces adultes sont souvent affublés de qualificatifs tels que : manipulatrice, aliénante, imprudent, intrusif, complotiste, féministe, fanatique, caricatural, voire militant qui est le qualificatif le plus péjoratif dans l’esprit de la perso…

Antonyms

prudent

This word in other languages

imprudent(English)imprudente(Español)unvorsichtig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immprudent
  • impprudent
  • imprduent
  • imprrudent
  • impruddent
  • imprudennt
  • imprudentt
  • imprudetn
  • imprudnet
  • impruednt
  • impurdent
  • imrpudent
  • ipmrudent
  • miprudent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprudent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

immprudent1impprudent1imprduent2imprrudent1impruddent1imprudennt1imprudentt1imprudetn2
Edit distance from "imprudent"

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 "imprudent"?
"imprudent" is spelled I-M-P-R-U-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\.
What does "imprudent" mean?
As an adjective, "imprudent" means: Qui manque de prudence.
What words are commonly confused with "imprudent"?
"imprudent" is commonly confused with "imprudente", "imprudence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imprudent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprudent" is \ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprudent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

illogique#28,200inclinant#28,207intuitive#28,213kangourou#28,223

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

imparfaite14 variantsimpuissante14 variantsintensifie14 variantsLagardère14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list