immersed
"immersed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immersed” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,940
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immersed · immersed · English
immersed · rank #16,940 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,940
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH hypertension
Nearest frequency peer: hypertension (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “immersed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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hurdle
83,063 corpus weight
- hypertension
hypertension
83,062 corpus weight
- immersed
immersed
83,061 corpus weight
- immortality
immortality
83,060 corpus weight
- indefinite
indefinite
83,059 corpus weight
- indices
indices
83,058 corpus weight
What this shows “immersed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immersed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “immersed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around immersed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,940 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for immersed, with forms such as "imemrsed", "imersed", and "immeresd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "immense", "immerse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is immersed, spelled I-M-M-E-R-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.
- 2Deeply involved.
- 3Lowered or sunken relative to a reference surface.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immersed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ON THE NARROW GAUGE. By P. B. Whitehouse. Nelson 30s. [...] In an introductory note Mr. Whitehouse disarms any criticism from narrow-gauge aficionados as immersed in the subject as himself by pointing out that his book has no pretensions to the status of a new narrow-gauge textbook; [...].
Sori in the axils of lamina branches, partly immersed; involucre bell- or trumpet-shaped, or obconical, usually 2-lipped; receptacle generally exserted.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imemrsed
- imersed
- immeresd
- immerrsed
- immersde
- immersedd
- immerssed
- immesred
- immresed
- mimersed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immersed - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).