impudence
\ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“impudence” is uncommon French (frequency #66,818 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,818
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manque de pudeur ; effronterie extrême.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impudence · impudence · French
impudence · rank #66,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,818
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH importune
Nearest frequency peer: importune (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « impudence »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- immatriculé…
immatriculées
33,186 corpus weight
- imparfaites
imparfaites
33,185 corpus weight
- importune
importune
33,184 corpus weight
- impudence
impudence
33,183 corpus weight
- inavouable
inavouable
33,182 corpus weight
- incongruité
incongruité
33,181 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « impudence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impudence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « impudence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
impudence is uncommon French at frequency #66,818 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for impudence, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is impudence, spelled I-M-P-U-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Manque de pudeur ; effronterie extrême.
- 2Action et parole impudentes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how impudence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces rustres n’eussent pas osé agir avec une impudence aussi inconcevable s’ils ne se sentaient appuyés par quelque forte bande.
Le Truculentus représente la vie et les gestes d'une gueuse, qui, par sa rapacité, ses éhontements et l’impudence de sa mauvaise foi, révolterait même les blasés de nos petits théâtres.
This word in other languages
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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