-im-

suffix

The verdict

“-im-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fractionnaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-im · -im- · French

-im- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" 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.

Key facts for -im-
PropertyValue
Headword-im-
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSuffix
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « -im- » en français

-im-reste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-im- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fractionnaire.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for -im- in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is -im-, spelled --I-M--.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fractionnaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how -im- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. quarimo <-> (un) quart

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-im-"?
"-im-" is spelled --I-M--.
What does "-im-" mean?
As a suffix, "-im-" means: Fractionnaire.
What language does "-im-" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list