Which to use
“imagined” is an adjective and “imagines” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,366
- “imagined” frequency rank
- #24,475
- “imagines” frequency rank
- 30841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imagined | imagines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conceived or envisioned in the mind. | plural of imago |
Where the eye mixes imagined and imagines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imagined and imagines follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: imagined vs imagines
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: imagined is /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/ while imagines is /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “imagined” becomes s in “imagines”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imagined is recorded at frequency rank #6,366, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/. imagines is at rank #24,475, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30841, this pair ranks #351,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imagined vs imagines
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "imagined": d. Private to "imagines": s.
"imagined" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "imagines" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "imagined" for "imagines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "imagined" vs "imagines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "imagined" and "imagines" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "imagined" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imagines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imagined" and "imagines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "images vs imagines". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #351,167 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.