imprimery
"imprimery" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imprimery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imprimery · imprimery · English
imprimery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | imprimery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “imprimery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
imprimery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
imprimery has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French imprimerie, from imprimer (“to print, to imprint”) + -erie (“-ery”), from im- (“in-”) + primer (“to print”). Equivalent to imprint + -ery. The correct English form is imprimery, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
- 2Synonym of printing, the art or act of printing.
- 3Synonym of print, a single instance of printing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imprimery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
France's National Imprimery dates back to the Renaissance but now mostly prints ID cards.
Etymology
From French imprimerie, from imprimer (“to print, to imprint”) + -erie (“-ery”), from im- (“in-”) + primer (“to print”). Equivalent to imprint + -ery.
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.