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immersive

/ɪˈmɜːɹ.sɪv/adjective

immersive is spelled I-M-M-E-R-S-I-V-E: 9 letters. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, immersive means “Tending to immerse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in immersive?

Letters9: I-M-M-E-R-S-I-V-E
In writing1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 immersive?

Immersive appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 immersive?

  • /ɪˈmɜːɹ.sɪv/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-immersive.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of immersive

  • more immersive comparative
  • most immersive superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does immersive mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Tending to immerse.

  2. 2

    Giving the impression of immersion.

  3. 3

    Using or relating to the immersion technique of language teaching.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Immersive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchimmersif (tending to immerse)
Spanishinmersivo (tending to immerse)
Germanimmersiv, eindringlich (giving the impression of immersion)
Portugueseenvolvente (giving the impression of immersion)

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 immersive come from?

From immerse + -ive.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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