imbalance
noun
imbalance is spelled I-M-B-A-L-A-N-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, imbalance means “The property of not being in balance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of imbalance is imbalances.
How many letters and syllables are in imbalance?
| Letters | 9: I-M-B-A-L-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is imbalance?
Imbalance appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce imbalance?
- US
Imbalance has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-imbalance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of imbalance
- imbalances plural
- inbalance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does imbalance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of not being in balance.
The growing imbalances between the rich and poor first lead to more crime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Imbalance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense property of not being in balance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déséquilibre |
| German | Ungleichgewicht |
| Portuguese | desequilíbrio |
| Spanish | desajuste, descuadre |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does imbalance come from?
From im- + balance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).