immer
"immer" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immer” is uncommon English (frequency #84,387 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,387
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bird in genus Gavia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immer · immer · English
immer · rank #84,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,387
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH Ilyich
Nearest frequency peer: Ilyich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “immer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ilocos
Ilocos
15,616 corpus weight
- Ilyich
Ilyich
15,615 corpus weight
- immer
immer
15,614 corpus weight
- impost
impost
15,613 corpus weight
- Inari
Inari
15,611 corpus weight
- incivility
incivility
15,610 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “immer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “immer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
immer is uncommon English at frequency #84,387 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bird in genus Gavia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for immer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Icelandic himbrimi (“surf roarer”). The correct English form is immer, spelled I-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1A bird in genus Gavia.
Etymology
From Icelandic himbrimi (“surf roarer”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.