impur

/\ɛ̃.pyʁ\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,648

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

impur is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui n’est pas pur. Pronounced \ɛ̃.pyʁ\. Often confused with input and impute.

Key facts for impur
PropertyValue
Headwordimpur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.pyʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,648
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of impur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for impur is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.pyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,648 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for impur, with forms such as "immpur", "imppur", and "impru". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "input", "impute", "imputer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is impur, spelled I-M-P-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas pur.
  2. 2
    Qui a une impureté religieuse.
  3. 3
    Qualifie, selon certaines règles religieuses, une femme lors de ses menstruations.
  4. 4
    Qui a une impureté morale.
  5. 5
    Les esprits impurs, les démons.
  6. 6
    Il se dit aussi des choses.
  7. 7
    Être né d’un sang impur, être né de parents malhonnêtes, déshonorés.
  8. 8
    On dit dans le même sens : une race impure.
  9. 9
    Impudique.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immpur,imppur,impru,impurr,imupr,ipmur,mipur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for impur

Misspelling Variants of "impur"

immpur6imppur6impru5impurr6imupr5ipmur5mipur5
Misspelling Variants of "impur"

Frequency rank: #30,648 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impur"?
"impur" is spelled I-M-P-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pyʁ\.
What does "impur" mean?
As an adj, "impur" means: Qui n’est pas pur.
What words are commonly confused with "impur"?
"impur" is commonly confused with "input", "impute", "imputer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "impur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impur" is \ɛ̃.pyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impur" come from?
"impur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.