imprimátur
[ĩmpɾiˈmat̪uɾ]
The verdict
“imprimátur” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Permiso o licencia final, tras un proceso de censura, que otorga la Iglesia católica romana para que se publique algo, autorizando su lectura por parte de los fieles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-imprimatur · imprimátur · Spanish
imprimátur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imprimátur |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩmpɾiˈmat̪uɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “imprimátur” en español
Rare enough to double-check
imprimátur is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩmpɾiˈmat̪uɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Permiso o licencia final, tras un proceso de censura, que otorga la Iglesia católica romana para que se publique algo, autorizando su lectura por parte de los fieles.".
No misspelling variants are generated for imprimátur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is imprimátur, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-Á-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1Permiso o licencia final, tras un proceso de censura, que otorga la Iglesia católica romana para que se publique algo, autorizando su lectura por parte de los fieles.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.