imam
[iˈmãm]
The verdict
“imam” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,193) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #47,193
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de imán₂.
Corpus desk
Index ES-imam · imam · Spanish
imam · rank #47,193 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,193
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH ignoraron
Nearest frequency peer: ignoraron (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “imam”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- hospitaliza…
hospitalizada
52,812 corpus weight
- hurtos
hurtos
52,811 corpus weight
- ignoraron
ignoraron
52,809 corpus weight
- imam
imam
52,808 corpus weight
- impedidos
impedidos
52,805 corpus weight
- imprima
imprima
52,804 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “imam” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | imam |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈmãm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “imam”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for imam is neighbouring look-alikes ("ira", "IVA", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [iˈmãm]. Frequency #47,193 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Gloss: "Variante de imán₂.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for imam, with forms such as "iamm", "imamm", and "immam". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ira", "IVA", "isa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is imam, spelled I-M-A-M.
Definition
- 1Variante de imán₂.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iamm
- imamm
- immam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imam - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "imam", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).