imperial

/[ĩmpeˈɾjal]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,912

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

imperial is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne al imperio. Pronounced [ĩmpeˈɾjal]. It ranks #6,912 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with imperio and imperios.

Key facts for imperial
PropertyValue
Headwordimperial
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ĩmpeˈɾjal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,912
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of imperial in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for imperial is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpeˈɾjal]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,912 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for imperial, with forms such as "imeprial", "immperial", and "impeiral". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "imperio", "imperios", "imperiales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is imperial, spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne al imperio.
  2. 2
    Que pertenece o concierne al emperador.
  3. 3
    Se aplica a una especie de ciruela.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imeprial,immperial,impeiral,imperail,imperiall,imperila,imperrial,impperial,impreial,ipmerial,miperial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for imperial

Misspelling Variants of "imperial"

imeprial8immperial9impeiral8imperail8imperiall9imperila8imperrial9impperial9
Misspelling Variants of "imperial"

Frequency rank: #6,912 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imperial"?
"imperial" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpeˈɾjal].
What does "imperial" mean?
As an adj, "imperial" means: Que pertenece o concierne al imperio.
What words are commonly confused with "imperial"?
"imperial" is commonly confused with "imperio", "imperios", "imperiales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imperial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imperial" is [ĩmpeˈɾjal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imperial" come from?
"imperial" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.