imago

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,248

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

imago is aGermannoun. It means: künstlerische Nachbildung von jemandem oder etwas; Bild, Bildnis, Abbild Often confused with IMO and Ingo.

Key facts for imago
PropertyValue
Headwordimago
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,248
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for imago is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #35,248 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 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 imago, with forms such as "iamgo", "imaggo", and "imaog". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "IMO", "Ingo", "Imam", 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 imago, spelled I-M-A-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    künstlerische Nachbildung von jemandem oder etwas; Bild, Bildnis, Abbild
  2. 2
    aus Wachs gefertigte Totenmaske eines Ahnen, die im Atrium aufbewahrt wurde und beim Leichenzug getragen wurde; Imago
  3. 3
    Bild, das von einer Oberfläche reflektiert wird; Spiegelbild
  4. 4
    Bild, das von Objekten ausgesendet wird und vom Auge erfasst wird; Eidolon
  5. 5
    Laut, der reflekiert wird; Echo
  6. 6
    Bild von etwas nicht real Existierendem; Scheinbild, Schattenbild, Schatten, Trugbild, Phantom
  7. 7
    Repräsentierung im Geiste; gestiges Bild, Vorstellung
  8. 8
    mentales Bild
  9. 9
    Repräsentierung in Worten; Wortbild, Beschreibung, Fabel
  10. 10
    Vergleich, Gleichnis
  11. 11
    Person, die einer anderen im Aussehen gleicht; Abbild, Ebenbild
  12. 12
    Beispiel, Verkörperung

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iamgo,imaggo,imaog,imgao,immago,miago

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for imago

Misspelling Variants of "imago"

iamgo5imaggo6imaog5imgao5immago6miago5
Misspelling Variants of "imago"

Frequency rank: #35,248 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imago"?
"imago" is spelled I-M-A-G-O.
What does "imago" mean?
As a noun, "imago" means: künstlerische Nachbildung von jemandem oder etwas; Bild, Bildnis, Abbild
What words are commonly confused with "imago"?
"imago" is commonly confused with "IMO", "Ingo", "Imam". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "imago" come from?
"imago" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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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.