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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "impuni" and "impunis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "impuni" vs "impunis" - which ranks higher?
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.