im
The verdict
“im” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,152 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,152
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mi.
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 | im |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #10,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “im” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for im is 2 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #10,152 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mi.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for im, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "is", "it", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is im, spelled I-M.
Definition
- 1Mi.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “im”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ir” - see the side-by-side comparison. im vs ir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.