Image
[ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Image” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,273 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,273
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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 ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Image |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Image” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Image is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Image, with forms such as "iamge", "imaeg", and "imagge". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Image, spelled I-M-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1inneres 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
- 2Abbild eines Datenträgers
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iamge,imaeg,imagge,imgae,immage,miage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Image - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Image”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-M-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Inge” - see the side-by-side comparison. Image vs Inge
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.