Impressum
[ɪmˈpʁɛsʊm]
The verdict
“Impressum” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,625
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herkunftsangabe, die Angaben über den Verlag, den Autor, den Herausgeber oder die Redaktion enthält
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Impressum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪmˈpʁɛsʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Impressum” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Impressum (IPA [ɪmˈpʁɛsʊm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,625 among 17,725 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Herkunftsangabe, die Angaben über den Verlag, den Autor, den Herausgeber oder die Redaktion enthält".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Impressum, with forms such as "immpressum", "imperssum", and "imppressum". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Impressum, spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-S-U-M.
Definition
- 1Herkunftsangabe, die Angaben über den Verlag, den Autor, den Herausgeber oder die Redaktion enthält
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: immpressum,imperssum,imppressum,impressmu,impressumm,impresum,impresusm,impreßum,imprressum,imprsesum,imrpessum,ipmressum,mipressum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Impressum - 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.
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.
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Using “Impressum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-M-P-R-E-S-S-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪmˈpʁɛsʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.