immure
/ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
"immure" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immure” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immure · immure · English
immure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | immure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immure” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immure is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for immure, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from in- + mūrus (“wall”). Modern spelling is modelled after the Latin. The correct English form is immure, spelled I-M-M-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- 2To put or bury within a wall.
- 3To wall in.
- 4To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The gentlemen looked at each other for a ſolution of this ſtrange event, each preſuming an order had been obtained to again immure the unfortunate Clara.
[I]n the reign of Henry the Second, a body happening, by chance, to be dug up near Glastonbury Abbey, without any symptoms of putrefaction or decay, the Welch, the descendants of the Ancient Britons, tenacious of the dignity and reputation of that illustrious hero [King Arthur], vainly supposed it could be no other than the body of their justly-boasted Pe…
Etymology
From Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from in- + mūrus (“wall”). Modern spelling is modelled after the Latin.
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.