Imst
[ɪmst]
The verdict
“Imst” is uncommon German (frequency #55,435 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,435
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im österreichischen Bundesland Tirol
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Imst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɪmst] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Imst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Imst is uncommon German at frequency #55,435 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɪmst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Imst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Imst, spelled I-M-S-T.
Definition
- 1Stadt im österreichischen Bundesland Tirol
- 2Verwaltungsbezirk in Tirol
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 “Imst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-M-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.