Image

/[ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,273

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Image is aGermannoun. It means: inneres Bild, das sich Personen von einem Objekt (zum Beispiel von einem Produkt, einer Person, Gruppe oder Organisation) machen; dieses Bild wird dann oft dem Objekt zugeschrieben und beeinflusst ... Pronounced [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]. It ranks #5,273 in German word frequency. Often confused with Inge and Imam.

Key facts for Image
PropertyValue
HeadwordImage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,273
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Image in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Image is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,273 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Image, with forms such as "iamge", "imaeg", and "imagge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Inge", "Imam", "imago", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Image, spelled I-M-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    inneres Bild, das sich Personen von einem Objekt (zum Beispiel von einem Produkt, einer Person, Gruppe oder Organisation) machen; dieses Bild wird dann oft dem Objekt zugeschrieben und beeinflusst damit dessen Ansehen
  2. 2
    Abbild eines Datenträgers

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iamge,imaeg,imagge,imgae,immage,miage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Image

Misspelling Variants of "Image"

iamge5imaeg5imagge6imgae5immage6miage5
Misspelling Variants of "Image"

Frequency rank: #5,273 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Image"?
"Image" is spelled I-M-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ].
What does "Image" mean?
As a noun, "Image" means: inneres Bild, das sich Personen von einem Objekt (zum Beispiel von einem Produkt, einer Person, Gruppe oder Organisation) machen; dieses Bild wird dann oft dem Objekt zugeschrieben und beeinflusst ...
What words are commonly confused with "Image"?
"Image" is commonly confused with "Inge", "Imam", "imago". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Image"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Image" is [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Image" come from?
"Image" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.