# immaculate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪˈmækjʊlət/ · frequency rank #17,861

## Definitions
1. Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
2. Containing no mistakes.
3. Containing no mistakes.
4. Free from sin; morally pure; sinless.
5. Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.
6. Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.

## Etymology
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”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, im- + macule + -ate.
Cognates
* Catalan immaculat
* Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete)
* Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé)
* Portuguese imaculado
* Spanish inmaculado

## Common misspellings (12)
`imaculate`, `imamculate`, `immacculate`, `immacluate`, `immacualte`, `immaculaet`, `immaculatte`, `immacullate`, `immacultae`, `immauclate`, `immcaulate`, `mimaculate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/immaculate