imagining

noun

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"imagining" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“imagining” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,075
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.

Corpus desk

Index EN-imagining · imagining · English

imagining · rank #12,075 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,075
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH hypocrisy

Nearest frequency peer: hypocrisy (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “imagining”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “imagining” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imagining
PropertyValue
Headwordimagining
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,075
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “imagining”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).imagininglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “hypocrisy” (#12,074), “inaccurate” (#12,076), “hugely” (#12,073). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “imagining” is #12,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around imagining, anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,075 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for imagining, with forms such as "iamgining", "imaggining", and "imagiinng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is imagining, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how imagining appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1977, Cat Stevens, (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard in Izitso, Dave Kershenbaum & Cat Stevens, Remember the days of the old schoolyard / When we had imaginings and we had / All kinds of things and we laughed / And needed love […]
  2. Stories became part of the human existence, and since those first tales, some bathed in firelight, stories have transported listeners from their ordinary concerns into the world created by the storyteller and their own imaginings.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iamgining
  • imaggining
  • imagiinng
  • imaginign
  • imaginingg
  • imagininng
  • imaginnig
  • imaginning
  • imagniing
  • imaigning
  • imgaining
  • immagining
  • miagining

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imagining - 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.

iamgining2imaggining1imagiinng2imaginign2imaginingg1imagininng1imaginnig2imaginning1
Edit distance from "imagining"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imagining"?
"imagining" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-I-N-G.
What does "imagining" mean?
As a noun, "imagining" means: Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
What are common misspellings of "imagining"?
Common misspellings include "iamgining", "imaggining", "imagiinng", "imaginign", "imaginingg". The correct spelling is "imagining".
What language does "imagining" come from?
"imagining" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "imagining", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hypocrisy#12,074inception#12,077intervene#12,080Highlands#12,068

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

loneliness13 variantsmanifesto13 variantsDominican13 variantsnumerical13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list