imprimir

/[ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,130

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

imprimir is aSpanishverb. It means: Marcar en un material (generalmente papel) signos, letras o dibujos en color o relieve mediante procedimientos manuales, mecánicos o digitales. Pronounced [ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ]. It ranks #8,130 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with imprime and imprima.

Key facts for imprimir
PropertyValue
Headwordimprimir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,130
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for imprimir is 8 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for imprimir, with forms such as "immprimir", "impirmir", and "impprimir". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "imprime", "imprima", "imprimió", 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 imprimir, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marcar en un material (generalmente papel) signos, letras o dibujos en color o relieve mediante procedimientos manuales, mecánicos o digitales.
  2. 2
    Poner, mediante presión de un molde con tinta o pintura, imágenes sobre tela, cuero, papel u otro material.
  3. 3
    Fabricar un libro, revista, diario u otro impreso.
  4. 4
    Marcar una vivencia o experiencia el carácter de una persona.
  5. 5
    Marcar una huella o rastro en la tierra, arena u otro material.
  6. 6
    Dar un giro, orientación o dirección a una conducta, afecto o idea.
  7. 7
    Introducir, meter haciendo fuerza algo en otra cosa.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: immprimir,impirmir,impprimir,impriimr,imprimirr,imprimmir,imprimri,imprmiir,imprrimir,imrpimir,ipmrimir,miprimir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for imprimir

Misspelling Variants of "imprimir"

immprimir9impirmir8impprimir9impriimr8imprimirr9imprimmir9imprimri8imprmiir8
Misspelling Variants of "imprimir"

Frequency rank: #8,130 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imprimir"?
"imprimir" is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ].
What does "imprimir" mean?
As a verb, "imprimir" means: Marcar en un material (generalmente papel) signos, letras o dibujos en color o relieve mediante procedimientos manuales, mecánicos o digitales.
What words are commonly confused with "imprimir"?
"imprimir" is commonly confused with "imprime", "imprima", "imprimió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imprimir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprimir" is [ĩmpɾiˈmiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprimir" come from?
"imprimir" 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.