immigrate
/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/verb
immigrate is spelled I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “immigrate vs migrate” about 30 times a month (Bing, United States). As a verb, immigrate means “To move into a foreign country to stay permanently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in immigrate?
| Letters | 9: I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is immigrate?
Immigrate appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 immigrate?
- US /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/
Immigrate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-immigrate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with immigrate
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of immigrate
- immigrates present, singular, he/she/it
- immigrating participle, present
- immigrated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immigrate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immigrate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to move into a foreign country or area:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immigrer |
| German | einwandern, immigrieren |
| Portuguese | imigrar |
| Spanish | inmigrar |
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 immigrate come from?
From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).