imperator

noun

The verdict

“imperator” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,779
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der Befehle oder Anordnungen erteilt oder für etwas verantwortlich ist, besonders Führer eines Landes; Herrscher, Gebieter

Corpus desk

Index DE-imperator · imperator · German

imperator · rank #27,779 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,779
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH IMHO

Nearest frequency peer: IMHO (-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 „imperator“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „imperator“ 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).

imperator vs Imperativ
67% similar

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

Key facts for imperator
PropertyValue
Headwordimperator
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,779
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „imperator“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).imperatorliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „IMHO“ (#27,778), „improvisieren“ (#27,780), „illegales“ (#27,777). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „imperator“ bei #27,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around imperator, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,779 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for imperator, with forms such as "imeprator", "immperator", and "impeartor". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Imperativ", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is imperator, spelled I-M-P-E-R-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der Befehle oder Anordnungen erteilt oder für etwas verantwortlich ist, besonders Führer eines Landes; Herrscher, Gebieter
  2. 2
    jemand, der eine Armee befehligt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how imperator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nunc imperator populum appellat; turba non clamat, sed imperatorem audit.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imeprator
  • immperator
  • impeartor
  • imperaotr
  • imperatorr
  • imperatro
  • imperattor
  • imperrator
  • impertaor
  • impperator
  • impreator
  • ipmerator
  • miperator

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imperator - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imeprator2immperator1impeartor2imperaotr2imperatorr1imperatro2imperattor1imperrator1
Edit distance from "imperator"

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 "imperator"?
"imperator" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-A-T-O-R.
What does "imperator" mean?
As a noun, "imperator" means: jemand, der Befehle oder Anordnungen erteilt oder für etwas verantwortlich ist, besonders Führer eines Landes; Herrscher, Gebieter
What words are commonly confused with "imperator"?
"imperator" is commonly confused with "Imperativ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "imperator" come from?
"imperator" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list