impulsif

\ɛ̃.pyl.sif\

/\ɛ̃.pyl.sif\/ adj

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The verdict

“impulsif” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,205
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui donne une impulsion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-impulsif · impulsif · French

impulsif · rank #28,205 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,205
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impuissante

Nearest frequency peer: impuissante (-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 « impulsif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « impulsif » 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).

impulsif vs impulsion
78% similar
impulsif vs impulsive
78% similar
impulsif vs impulse
75% similar

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

Key facts for impulsif
PropertyValue
Headwordimpulsif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.pyl.sif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,205
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « impulsif »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.impulsifse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impuissante » (#28,204), « incessantes » (#28,206), « imprudent » (#28,203). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « impulsif » est au #28,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around impulsif (IPA \ɛ̃.pyl.sif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,205 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for impulsif, with forms such as "immpulsif", "implusif", and "imppulsif". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "impulsion", "impulsive", "impulse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is impulsif, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui donne une impulsion.
  2. 2
    Qui obéit sans résistance à l’impulsion de sa passion, de son caprice, plus forte que celle de sa volonté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Force impulsive.
  2. Un caractère impulsif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immpulsif
  • implusif
  • imppulsif
  • impulisf
  • impullsif
  • impulsfi
  • impulsiff
  • impulssif
  • impuslif
  • imuplsif
  • ipmulsif
  • mipulsif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impulsif - 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.

immpulsif1implusif2imppulsif1impulisf2impullsif1impulsfi2impulsiff1impulssif1
Edit distance from "impulsif"

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 "impulsif"?
"impulsif" is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pyl.sif\.
What does "impulsif" mean?
As an adjective, "impulsif" means: Qui donne une impulsion.
What words are commonly confused with "impulsif"?
"impulsif" is commonly confused with "impulsion", "impulsive", "impulse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impulsif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impulsif" is \ɛ̃.pyl.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impulsif" come from?
"impulsif" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

intuitive12 variantsiraniennes12 variantskangourou12 variantsglissante12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list