imponente

/ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ/

//ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ// adj

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The verdict

“imponente” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,540
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grandioso, majestoso

Corpus desk

Index PT-imponente · imponente · Portuguese

imponente · rank #17,540 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,540
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH indignado

Nearest frequency peer: indignado (+2 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 “imponente”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

imponente vs iminente
78% similar

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

Key facts for imponente
PropertyValue
Headwordimponente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,540
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “imponente”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “indignado” (#17,542), “idênticas” (#17,537), “insultar” (#17,543). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “imponente” fica em #17,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around imponente (IPA /ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,540 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for imponente, with forms such as "immponente", "imopnente", and "impnoente". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "iminente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is imponente, spelled I-M-P-O-N-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    grandioso, majestoso
  2. 2
    arrogante, altivo

This word in other languages

imposing(English)imposant(Français)imposant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immponente
  • imopnente
  • impnoente
  • impoennte
  • imponenet
  • imponennte
  • imponentte
  • imponetne
  • imponnente
  • imponnete
  • impponente
  • ipmonente
  • miponente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imponente - 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.

immponente1imopnente2impnoente2impoennte2imponenet2imponennte1imponentte1imponetne2
Edit distance from "imponente"

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 "imponente"?
"imponente" is spelled I-M-P-O-N-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ/.
What does "imponente" mean?
As an adjective, "imponente" means: grandioso, majestoso
What words are commonly confused with "imponente"?
"imponente" is commonly confused with "iminente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imponente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imponente" is /ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imponente" come from?
"imponente" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indignado#17,542idênticas#17,537iraquiano#17,549mandíbula#17,574

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

idealizado13 variantspessimista13 variantsproposição13 variantsquarteirão13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list