impasse
/ĩˈpa.si/
The verdict
“impasse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,103
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - circunstância onde é difícil escolher uma solução; situação de saída aparentemente impossível
Corpus desk
Index PT-impasse · impasse · Portuguese
impasse · rank #13,103 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,103
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH implantar
Nearest frequency peer: implantar (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “impasse”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- hello
hello
86,904 corpus weight
- hold
hold
86,903 corpus weight
- hour
hour
86,902 corpus weight
- impasse
impasse
86,898 corpus weight
- implantar
implantar
86,897 corpus weight
- insatisfação
insatisfação
86,891 corpus weight
What this shows “impasse” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impasse |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩˈpa.si/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “impasse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around impasse (IPA /ĩˈpa.si/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,103 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for impasse, with forms such as "imapsse", "immpasse", and "impase". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is impasse, spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1circunstância onde é difícil escolher uma solução; situação de saída aparentemente impossível
- 2aquilo que dificulta, impede, embaraça a realização de algo
- 3o momento em que algo está sem solução
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how impasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certamente boatos iriam se espalhar e o templo sofreria com isto. Ele também imaginava o que o bispo estaria pensando, e como ele resolveria este impasse.
Ano termina com mais um impasse sobre emendas parlamentares e conflito entre Dino e AGU.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imapsse
- immpasse
- impase
- impases
- imppasse
- impsase
- ipmasse
- mipasse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impasse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).