imagovsImmoTell them apart

Quick tell: imago is a noun, Immo is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“imago” is a noun and “Immo” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,248
“imago” frequency rank
#33,126
“Immo” frequency rank
68374
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imago Immo
Definition künstlerische Nachbildung von jemandem oder etwas; Bild, Bildnis, Abbild männlicher Vorname

Letter map: imago vs Immo

Shared letters muted; letters that set imago and Immo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
imago
4 ch
Immo

Grammar separator: imago vs Immo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: imago is anoun and Immoaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imago is recorded at frequency rank #35,248, classified as anoun. Immo is at rank #33,126, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈɪmoː].

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 68374, this pair ranks #509,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of imago vs Immo

Shared letters: imo. Private to "imago": ag. Private to "Immo": -.

"imago" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "Immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imagoiamgo · imaggo · imaog · imgao · immago · miago
  • Immoimom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "imago" and "Immo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "imago" is a noun and "Immo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "imago" or "Immo"?
"Immo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,126 in our German list, against #35,248 for "imago". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "imago" vs "Immo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imago" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Immo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #509,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imago" and "Immo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Idaho vs imago". 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 #509,840 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list