immortal
im·mor·tal/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/adjective, noun
immortal is spelled I-M-M-O-R-T-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables (im·mor·tal). It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, immortal means “Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in immortal?
| Letters | 8: I-M-M-O-R-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: im·mor·tal |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is immortal?
Immortal appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 immortal?
- US /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
- UK /ɪˈmɔːtəl/
Immortal has 3 syllables, split im·mor·tal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-immortal.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with immortal?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as immortal from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹtəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of immortal
- immortals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immortal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- 2
Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
his immortal words
- 3
Connected with or relating to immortality.
- 4
obsoleteExceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
noun
- 1
One who is not susceptible to death.
- 2
A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
- 3
A game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.
Anand's Immortal
- 4
A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
- 5
A member of the Académie française.
- 6
An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immortal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immortel , inoubliable |
| German | unsterblich , unvergesslich |
| Portuguese | imortal , inesquecível |
| Spanish | inmortal |
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 immortal come from?
From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).