# imagery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/ · frequency rank #9,190

## Definitions
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
2. Imitation work.
3. Images in general, or en masse.
4. Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
5. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
6. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

## Etymology
From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.

## Easily confused with
- **images** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/imagery-vs-images)
- **image** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/image-vs-imagery)

## Common misspellings (10)
`iamgery`, `imaegry`, `imagerry`, `imageryy`, `imageyr`, `imaggery`, `imagrey`, `imgaery`, `immagery`, `miagery`

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