imprisoned
/ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/
"imprisoned" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imprisoned” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,768
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of imprison
Corpus desk
Index EN-imprisoned · imprisoned · English
imprisoned · rank #9,768 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,768
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH imaginary
Nearest frequency peer: imaginary (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “imprisoned”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hygiene
hygiene
90,236 corpus weight
- Iceland
Iceland
90,235 corpus weight
- imaginary
imaginary
90,234 corpus weight
- imprisoned
imprisoned
90,233 corpus weight
- inconsistent
inconsistent
90,232 corpus weight
- int
int
90,231 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “imprisoned” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | imprisoned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imprisoned” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around imprisoned (IPA /ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,768 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of imprison".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprisoned, with forms such as "immprisoned", "impirsoned", and "impprisoned". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imprison", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is imprisoned, spelled I-M-P-R-I-S-O-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of imprison
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- immprisoned
- impirsoned
- impprisoned
- impriosned
- imprisnoed
- imprisoend
- imprisonde
- imprisonedd
- imprisonned
- imprissoned
- imprrisoned
- imprsioned
- imrpisoned
- ipmrisoned
- miprisoned
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprisoned - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "imprisoned", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.