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 September 3, 2026) - altägyptischer Architekt und Universalgelehrter
Corpus desk
Index DE-imhotep · Imhotep · German
Imhotep · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Imhotep“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Imhotep appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An den meisten Tagen brütete er in seinem Arbeitszimmer über alten Büchern - richtig alten Büchern mit Titeln wie 'Altägyptische Baumethoden - Imhotep und die Architekten des Amun-Ra.'“
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.