Imhotep
[ɪmˈhoːtɛp]
The verdict
“Imhotep” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - altägyptischer Architekt und Universalgelehrter
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Imhotep |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɪmˈhoːtɛp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Imhotep” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Imhotep is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɪmˈhoːtɛp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "altägyptischer Architekt und Universalgelehrter".
Imhotep has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Imhotep, spelled I-M-H-O-T-E-P.
Definition
- 1altägyptischer Architekt und Universalgelehrter
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Imhotep”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-M-H-O-T-E-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪmˈhoːtɛp] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.