time immemorial

noun

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"time-immemorial" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“time immemorial” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Time that extends beyond memory or record.

Corpus desk

Index EN-time-immemorial · time immemorial · English

time immemorial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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 time immemorial
PropertyValue
Headwordtime immemorial
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “time immemorial” sits in English frequency

time immemorial falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

time immemorial is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for time immemorial in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is time immemorial, spelled T-I-M-E- -I-M-M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Time that extends beyond memory or record.
  2. 2
    The time before July 6, 1189, hence the time before the accession of Richard I.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "time immemorial"?
"time immemorial" is spelled T-I-M-E- -I-M-M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L.
What does "time immemorial" mean?
As a noun, "time immemorial" means: Time that extends beyond memory or record.
What language does "time immemorial" come from?
"time immemorial" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list