# image

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ · frequency rank #1,225

## Definitions
1. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
2. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
3. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
4. A statue or idol.
5. A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
6. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
7. The value a function maps some argument to.
8. The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
9. A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
10. Show; appearance; cast.

## Etymology
From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

## Easily confused with
- **IMG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-img)
- **IME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-ime)
- **imam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-imam)
- **IMAX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-imax)
- **iman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-iman)
- **irate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-irate)
- **inane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-inane)
- **images** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-images)
- **inmate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-inmate)
- **Imogen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-imogen)
- **imagine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-imagine)
- **imagery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-imagery)
- **Ima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ima-vs-image)
- **IGE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ige-vs-image)
- **iMac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/imac-vs-image)
- **Iago** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iago-vs-image)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iamge`, `imaeg`, `imagge`, `imgae`, `immage`, `miage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/image