IMEI
"imei" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“IMEI” is uncommon English (frequency #69,946 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,946
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of International Mobile Equipment Identity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imei · IMEI · English
IMEI · rank #69,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,946
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH illusive
Nearest frequency peer: illusive (-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 “IMEI”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- illiquid
illiquid
30,057 corpus weight
- illusive
illusive
30,056 corpus weight
- IMEI
IMEI
30,055 corpus weight
- impelled
impelled
30,054 corpus weight
- indistinctly
indistinctly
30,052 corpus weight
- indolent
indolent
30,051 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “IMEI” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | IMEI |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “IMEI” in English
Rare enough to double-check
IMEI is uncommon English at frequency #69,946 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of International Mobile Equipment Identity.".
IMEI has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is IMEI, spelled I-M-E-I.
Definition
- 1Initialism of International Mobile Equipment Identity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how IMEI appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I pulled my precious emergency burner phone out of my backpack, because the Feds can track your SIM card and the IMEI number that identifies your phone.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).