impunivsimpunisTell them apart

Which to use

“impuni” and “impunis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,499
“impuni” frequency rank
#48,593
“impunis” frequency rank
93092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature impuni impunis
Definition Qui ne reçoit pas ou qui n’a pas reçu la punition méritée. Masculin pluriel de impuni.

Same sound, different letters: impuni vs impunis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. impuni runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against impunis's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
impuni
7 ch
impunis

Same sound, different spelling - impuni / impunis

This is the hard kind. impuni and impunis are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.py.ni\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “impuni” sits inside “impunis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

impuni is recorded at frequency rank #44,499, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.py.ni\. impunis is at rank #48,593, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.py.ni\.

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 93092, this pair ranks #2,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of impuni vs impunis

Shared letters: imnpu. Private to "impuni": -. Private to "impunis": s.

"impuni" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "impunis" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impuni ← immpuni · impnui · imppuni · impuin · impunni · imupni · ipmuni · mipuni
  • impunis ← immpunis · impnuis · imppunis · impuins · impuniss · impunnis · impunsi · imupnis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "impuni" and "impunis" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.py.ni\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "impuni" vs "impunis" - which ranks higher?
"impuni" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,499 in our French list, against #48,593 for "impunis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "impuni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impunis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "impuni" and "impunis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immune vs impuni". 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 #2,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list