imaginaire

\i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ\

/\i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“imaginaire” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,044
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est issu de l’imagination, qui n’est pas réel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imaginaire · imaginaire · French

imaginaire · rank #5,044 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,044
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ignorer

Nearest frequency peer: ignorer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « imaginaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « imaginaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

imaginaire vs imaginais
80% similar
imaginaire vs imaginait
80% similar
imaginaire vs imaginaires
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for imaginaire
PropertyValue
Headwordimaginaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,044
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imaginaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imaginairese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ignorer » (#5,043), « intensité » (#5,045), « Gaulle » (#5,042). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imaginaire » est au #5,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around imaginaire (IPA \i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,044 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for imaginaire, with forms such as "iamginaire", "imagginaire", and "imagianire". 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, "imaginais", "imaginait", "imaginaires", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is imaginaire, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est issu de l’imagination, qui n’est pas réel.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux nombres complexes non réels.
  3. 3
    Relatif aux nombres dont le carré est un nombre négatif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le plus ordinairement, Mrs. Paulina Barnett faisait la lecture, et ses auditeurs éprouvaient véritablement un grand plaisir à l’entendre. […] Les imaginaires personnages, les héros légendaires s’animaient et vivaient alors d’une vie surprenante.
  2. Cependant, ce que Jacques aimait en Yasmina, en son ignorance absolue de l’âme de la Bédouine, c’était un être purement imaginaire, issu de son imagination, et bien certainement fort peu semblable à la réalité...

Synonyms

irréelvirtuel

This word in other languages

imaginary(English)imaginario(Español)imaginär(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iamginaire
  • imagginaire
  • imagianire
  • imaginaier
  • imaginairre
  • imaginarie
  • imaginiare
  • imaginnaire
  • imagniaire
  • imaignaire
  • imgainaire
  • immaginaire
  • miaginaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imaginaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iamginaire2imagginaire1imagianire2imaginaier2imaginairre1imaginarie2imaginiare2imaginnaire1
Edit distance from "imaginaire"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imaginaire"?
"imaginaire" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ\.
What does "imaginaire" mean?
As an adjective, "imaginaire" means: Qui est issu de l’imagination, qui n’est pas réel.
What words are commonly confused with "imaginaire"?
"imaginaire" is commonly confused with "imaginais", "imaginait", "imaginaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imaginaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imaginaire" is \i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imaginaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "imaginaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

maritimes13 variantsmusulmane13 variantsexpansion13 variantsespérons13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list