imprimery

noun

"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

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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 imprimery
PropertyValue
Headwordimprimery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “imprimery” in English

imprimerysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

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

  1. 1
    Synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
  2. 2
    Synonym of printing, the art or act of printing.
  3. 3
    Synonym of print, a single instance of printing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imprimery"?
"imprimery" is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-E-R-Y.
What does "imprimery" mean?
As a noun, "imprimery" means: Synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
What is the origin of the word "imprimery"?
From French imprimerie, from imprimer (“to print, to imprint”) + -erie (“-ery”), from im- (“in-”) + primer (“to print”). Equivalent to imprint + -ery. 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