impudent
\ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“impudent” is uncommon French (frequency #86,815 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,815
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a pas de pudeur ; qui est insolent, effronté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-impudent · impudent · French
impudent · rank #86,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,815
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imputent
Nearest frequency peer: imputent (+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 « impudent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- imparables
imparables
13,189 corpus weight
- impotent
impotent
13,188 corpus weight
- impudent
impudent
13,186 corpus weight
- imputent
imputent
13,185 corpus weight
- inclinez
inclinez
13,184 corpus weight
- incommodés
incommodés
13,183 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « impudent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impudent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « impudent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
impudent is uncommon French at frequency #86,815 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for impudent in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is impudent, spelled I-M-P-U-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui n’a pas de pudeur ; qui est insolent, effronté.
- 2Qualifie les actions et les paroles qui blessent la pudeur, ou qui sont trop libres, trop hardies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how impudent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est une impudente créature.
C’est un impudent menteur.
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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