imprimir
[ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ]
The verdict
“imprimir” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,130 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,130
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Marcar en un material (generalmente papel) signos, letras o dibujos en color o relieve mediante procedimientos manuales, mecánicos o digitales.
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 | imprimir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imprimir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for imprimir is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,130 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprimir, with forms such as "immprimir", "impirmir", and "impprimir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "imprime", "imprima", "imprimió", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is imprimir, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Marcar en un material (generalmente papel) signos, letras o dibujos en color o relieve mediante procedimientos manuales, mecánicos o digitales.
- 2Poner, mediante presión de un molde con tinta o pintura, imágenes sobre tela, cuero, papel u otro material.
- 3Fabricar un libro, revista, diario u otro impreso.
- 4Marcar una vivencia o experiencia el carácter de una persona.
- 5Marcar una huella o rastro en la tierra, arena u otro material.
- 6Dar un giro, orientación o dirección a una conducta, afecto o idea.
- 7Introducir, meter haciendo fuerza algo en otra cosa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: immprimir,impirmir,impprimir,impriimr,imprimirr,imprimmir,imprimri,imprmiir,imprrimir,imrpimir,ipmrimir,miprimir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprimir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “imprimir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-R-I-M-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “imprime” - see the side-by-side comparison. imprimir vs imprime
- 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.