immense

[ɪˈmɛnzə]

/[ɪˈmɛnzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“immense” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,359
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens

Corpus desk

Index DE-immense · immense · German

immense · rank #27,359 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,359
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH imaginären

Nearest frequency peer: imaginären (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „immense“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „immense“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

immense vs immensen
88% similar
immense vs immens
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for immense
PropertyValue
Headwordimmense
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɪˈmɛnzə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,359
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „immense“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.immenseliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „imaginären“ (#27,358), „Immigranten“ (#27,360), „höchstes“ (#27,357). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „immense“ bei #27,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around immense (IPA [ɪˈmɛnzə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,359 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for immense, with forms such as "imemnse", "imense", and "immenes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "immensen", "immens", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is immense, spelled I-M-M-E-N-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imemnse
  • imense
  • immenes
  • immennse
  • immensse
  • immesne
  • immnese
  • mimense

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immense - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imemnse2imense1immenes2immennse1immensse1immesne2immnese2mimense2
Edit distance from "immense"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "immense"?
"immense" is spelled I-M-M-E-N-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪˈmɛnzə].
What does "immense" mean?
As an adjective, "immense" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs immens
What words are commonly confused with "immense"?
"immense" is commonly confused with "immensen", "immens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "immense"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immense" is [ɪˈmɛnzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "immense" come from?
"immense" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "immense", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hofften#27,352kitchen#27,372Knüppel#27,375kriecht#27,384

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

hockt8 variantsGronau8 variantsfifty8 variantsPumps8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list