impermeável

Name: impermeável, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ĩ.pɨɾ.ˈmja.vɛɫ/

//ĩ.pɨɾ.ˈmja.vɛɫ// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“impermeável” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,050
frequency rank, Portuguese: 938
“I” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não é permeável

Corpus desk

Index PT-impermeavel · impermeável · Portuguese

impermeável · rank #42,050 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #42,050
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 938
PHOTO-FINISH imperfeição

Nearest frequency peer: imperfeição (-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.

ilusionista

57,955
Imam

57,954
imperfeição

57,952
impermeável

57,951
inflamar

57,944
iu

57,936

What this shows “impermeável” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

impermeável vs imperdoável

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for impermeável
Property	Value
Headword	impermeável
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/ĩ.pɨɾ.ˈmja.vɛɫ/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#42,050
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “impermeável”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).impermeávelcai aqui:

#42,050

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “imperfeição” (#42,049), “Imam” (#42,047), “ilusionista” (#42,046). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “impermeável” fica em #42,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around impermeável (IPA /ĩ.pɨɾ.ˈmja.vɛɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,050 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for impermeável, with forms such as "imeprmeável", "immpermeável", and "impemreável". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imperdoável", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is impermeável, spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-E-Á-V-E-L.

Definition

1
que não é permeável
2
que não se deixa atravessar por um fluido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how impermeável appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Preciso comprar uma bolsa impermeável.

This word in other languages

waterproof(English)impermeable(Español)wasserdicht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

imeprmeável
immpermeável
impemreável
imperemável
impermeváel
impermeáevl
impermeávell
impermeávle
impermeávvel
impermmeável
impermáevel
imperrmeável
imppermeável
impremeável
ipmermeável
mipermeável

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impermeável - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "impermeável"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impermeável"?

"impermeável" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-E-Á-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.pɨɾ.ˈmja.vɛɫ/.

What does "impermeável" mean?

As an adjective, "impermeável" means: que não é permeável

What words are commonly confused with "impermeável"?

"impermeável" is commonly confused with "imperdoável". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "impermeável"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impermeável" is /ĩ.pɨɾ.ˈmja.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "impermeável" come from?

"impermeável" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "impermeável", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imperfeição#42,049 ilusionista#42,046 necessitado#42,123 Oktoberfest#42,133

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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