Which to use
“imposable” and “impossible” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,317
- “imposable” frequency rank
- #878
- “impossible” frequency rank
- 20195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imposable | impossible |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut être soumis aux impositions. | Qui ne peut être ; qui ne se peut faire. |
Where the eye mixes imposable and impossible
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between imposable and impossible
A purely visual mix-up. imposable (\ɛ̃.po.zabl\) and impossible (\ɛ̃.pɔ.sibl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imposable is recorded at frequency rank #19,317, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.po.zabl\. impossible is at rank #878, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔ.sibl\.
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 20195, this pair ranks #369,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of imposable vs impossible
Shared letters: beilmops. Private to "imposable": a. Private to "impossible": -.
"imposable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "impossible" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- imposable ← immposable · imopsable · impoasble · imposabble · imposabel · imposablle · imposalbe · imposbale
- impossible ← immpossible · imopssible · imposible · imposisble · impossbile · impossibble · impossibel · impossiblle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imposable" and "impossible" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "imposable" or "impossible" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "imposable" and "impossible" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "imposable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impossible" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imposable" and "impossible" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imparable vs imposable". 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 #369,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.