imminence
"imminence" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imminence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imminence · imminence · English
imminence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imminence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “imminence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
imminence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for imminence, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin imminentia. The correct English form is imminence, spelled I-M-M-I-N-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imminence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.
Etymology
From Late Latin imminentia.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.