Imogen
/ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/
"imogen" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Imogen” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,931
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imogen · Imogen · English
Imogen · rank #34,931 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,931
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH immutable
Nearest frequency peer: immutable (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Imogen”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- immeasurable
immeasurable
65,073 corpus weight
- immorality
immorality
65,072 corpus weight
- immutable
immutable
65,071 corpus weight
- Imogen
Imogen
65,070 corpus weight
- impressiona…
impressionable
65,069 corpus weight
- impressioni…
impressionist
65,068 corpus weight
What this shows “Imogen” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Imogen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Imogen”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Imogen (IPA /ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,931 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from the Celtic languages.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Imogen, with forms such as "imgoen", "immogen", and "imoegn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "image", "images", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: First used by William Shakespeare in Cymbeline, a misprint for Innogen, from Gaelic inghean (“girl, maiden”) The correct English form is Imogen, spelled I-M-O-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Imogen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ile write to my lord ſhe's dead: O Imogen! / Safe mayſt thou wander, ſafe returne agen.
She would have to change her own name as well, she'd never liked Tracy. Imogen or Isabel, something feminine and romantic. She supposed she didn't look like an Imogen. Imogens were middle-class Home Counties girls with long blonde hair and vaguely Bohemian mothers.
Etymology
First used by William Shakespeare in Cymbeline, a misprint for Innogen, from Gaelic inghean (“girl, maiden”)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imgoen
- immogen
- imoegn
- imogenn
- imoggen
- imogne
- iomgen
- miogen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Imogen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Imogen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).