im

adj

The verdict

“im” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,152) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#10,152
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mi.

Corpus desk

Index ES-im · im · Spanish

im · rank #10,152 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,152
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH huyó

Nearest frequency peer: huyó (-1 rank slots)

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 neighbours of confusable “im”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “im” against nearest ranked Spanish headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

im vs ir
50% similar
im vs is
50% similar
im vs it
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for im
PropertyValue
Headwordim
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters2
Frequency rank#10,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Dónde se sitúa “im” en la frecuencia del español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.imcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “huyó” (#10,151), “inconvenientes” (#10,153), “honorarios” (#10,150). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for im is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "is", …), not just typos; it is anadjective. Frequency #10,152 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Mi.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "im"?
"im" is spelled I-M.
What does "im" mean?
As an adjective, "im" means: Mi.
What words are commonly confused with "im"?
"im" is commonly confused with "ir", "is", "it". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "im" come from?
"im" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list