imburse
/ɪmˈbəːs/
"imburse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imburse” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imburse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪmˈbəːs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imburse” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for imburse is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪmˈbəːs/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for imburse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin imbursāre, Late Latin imbursāre, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek … The correct English form is imburse, spelled I-M-B-U-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
- 2To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply with money.
- 3To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to repay, to reimburse.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin imbursāre, Late Latin imbursāre, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek βῠ́ρσᾰ (bŭ́rsă, “animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”)); analysable as im- + burse. The word is cognate with Old French enborser (modern French embourser), Italian imborsare, Spanish embolsar (“to bag”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “imburse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-B-U-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.