immotile

adj

"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

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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.

Key facts for immotile
PropertyValue
Headwordimmotile
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “immotile” in English

immotileranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Not motile (lacking the ability to move)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "immotile"?
"immotile" is spelled I-M-M-O-T-I-L-E.
What does "immotile" mean?
As an adjective, "immotile" means: Not motile (lacking the ability to move)
What is the origin of the word "immotile"?
From im- + motile. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list