Which to use
“impeccable” and “impensable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,187
- “impeccable” frequency rank
- #17,452
- “impensable” frequency rank
- 30639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impeccable | impensable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est incapable de pécher. | Qui ne peut pas être compris par la pensée. |
Where the eye mixes impeccable and impensable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: impeccable vs impensable
A purely visual mix-up. impeccable (\ɛ̃.pɛ.kabl\) and impensable (\ɛ̃.pɑ̃.sabl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impeccable is recorded at frequency rank #13,187, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɛ.kabl\. impensable is at rank #17,452, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɑ̃.sabl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30639, this pair ranks #308,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impeccable vs impensable
Shared letters: abeilmp. Private to "impeccable": c. Private to "impensable": ns.
"impeccable" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "impensable" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- impeccable ← imepccable · immpeccable · impcecable · impecable · impecacble · impeccabble · impeccabel · impeccablle
- impensable ← imepnsable · immpensable · impenasble · impennsable · impensabble · impensabel · impensablle · impensalbe
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impeccable" and "impensable" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "impeccable" or "impensable"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "impeccable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impensable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impeccable" and "impensable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impeccable vs impeccables". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #308,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.