imaginings

noun

"imaginings" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“imaginings” is uncommon English (frequency #62,984 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,984
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of imagining

Corpus desk

Index EN-imaginings · imaginings · English

imaginings · rank #62,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,984
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ilona

Nearest frequency peer: Ilona (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “imaginings”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “imaginings” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imaginings
PropertyValue
Headwordimaginings
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,984
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “imaginings” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).imaginingsfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Ilona” (#62,983), “Ilham” (#62,982), “imminently” (#62,986). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “imaginings” is #62,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imaginings is uncommon English at frequency #62,984 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of imagining".

imaginings has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is imaginings, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of imagining

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

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 "imaginings"?
"imaginings" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-I-N-G-S.
What does "imaginings" mean?
As a noun, "imaginings" means: plural of imagining
What language does "imaginings" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list