immotile
"immotile" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immotile” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not motile (lacking the ability to move)
Corpus desk
Index EN-immotile · immotile · English
immotile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | immotile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immotile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immotile is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not motile (lacking the ability to move)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for immotile, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From im- + motile. The correct English form is immotile, spelled I-M-M-O-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not motile (lacking the ability to move)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how immotile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And they currently have forty-two ships searching for an immotile civilization beyond the region of space we Firewalled.
Etymology
From im- + motile.
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.