immaculate
im·ma·cul·ate/ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/adjective
immaculate is spelled I-M-M-A-C-U-L-A-T-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables (im·ma·cul·ate). It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, immaculate means “Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in immaculate?
| Letters | 10: I-M-M-A-C-U-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: im·ma·cul·ate |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is immaculate?
Immaculate appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 immaculate?
- UK /ɪˈmækjʊlət/
- US /ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/
- US /ᵻˈmæk.jə.lət/
Immaculate has 4 syllables, split im·ma·cul·ate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-immaculate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of immaculate
- more immaculate comparative
- most immaculate superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immaculate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
- 2
Containing no mistakes; free from fault.
- 3
Of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors.
- 4
archaicFree from sin; morally pure; sinless.
- 5
Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.
- 6
Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immaculate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immaculé, acribique, recherché, soigné |
| German | makellos, unbefleckt , perfect , unbefleckte , einfarbig |
| Portuguese | imaculado, ilibado, impecável , imaculada |
| Spanish | inmaculado , inmaculada |
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 immaculate come from?
From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).