immigration

/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/

//ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn// noun

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"immigration" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“immigration” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,172
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

Corpus desk

Index EN-immigration · immigration · English

immigration · rank #3,172 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,172
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH household

Nearest frequency peer: household (-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 “immigration”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “immigration” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for immigration
PropertyValue
Headwordimmigration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,172
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “immigration”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).immigrationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “household” (#3,171), “impressive” (#3,173), “healthcare” (#3,170). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “immigration” is #3,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around immigration (IPA /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,172 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for immigration, with forms such as "imigration", "imimgration", and "immgiration". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From immigrate + -ion. The correct English form is immigration, spelled I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
  2. 2
    The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how immigration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The Bohemians had come then, and after them the Poles. People said that old man Durham himself was responsible for these immigrations; he had sworn that he would fix the people of Packingtown so that they would never again call a strike on him, and so he had sent his agents into every city and village in Europe to spread the tale of the chances of work an…
  2. Another measure of the inadequacy of the Immigration and Nationality Act has been the huge volume of private immigration bills introduced in Congress. These are bills to deal with individual hardship cases for which the general law fails to provide. In the Eighty-seventh Congress over 3,500 such bills were introduced. Private immigration bills make up abo…

Etymology

From immigrate + -ion.

This word in other languages

inmigración(Español)immigration(Français)Einwanderung(Deutsch)imigração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imigration
  • imimgration
  • immgiration
  • immigartion
  • immiggration
  • immigraiton
  • immigrasion
  • immigratino
  • immigrationn
  • immigratoin
  • immigrattion
  • immigrration
  • immigrtaion
  • immirgation
  • mimigration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immigration - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imigration1imimgration2immgiration2immigartion2immiggration1immigraiton2immigrasion1immigratino2
Edit distance from "immigration"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "immigration"?
"immigration" is spelled I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/.
What does "immigration" mean?
As a noun, "immigration" means: The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
What are common misspellings of "immigration"?
Common misspellings include "imigration", "imimgration", "immgiration", "immigartion", "immiggration". The correct spelling is "immigration".
How do you pronounce "immigration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immigration" is /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "immigration"?
From immigrate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "immigration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

complicated#3,156recognition#3,192partnership#3,120necessarily#3,117

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

healthcare15 variantsreputation15 variantsatmosphere15 variantspercentage15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list