imagination

\i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃\

/\i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“imagination” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,766
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté d’imaginer, de se représenter quelque chose dans l’esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imagination · imagination · French

imagination · rank #4,766 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,766
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH introduit

Nearest frequency peer: introduit (+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 « imagination »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imagination » 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).

imagination vs imaginatif
82% similar

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

Key facts for imagination
PropertyValue
Headwordimagination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,766
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imagination »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « introduit » (#4,767), « grandi » (#4,764), « gestes » (#4,763). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imagination » est au #4,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around imagination (IPA \i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,766 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for imagination, with forms such as "iamgination", "imaggination", and "imagiantion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imaginatif", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is imagination, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté d’imaginer, de se représenter quelque chose dans l’esprit.
  2. 2
    Faculté d’inventer, de concevoir, jointe au talent de rendre vivement ses conceptions.
  3. 3
    Produit de ces inventions talentueuses.
  4. 4
    Pensée, conception.
  5. 5
    Croyance, opinion qu’on a de quelque chose sans beaucoup de fondement.
  6. 6
    Fantaisie bizarre, idée chimérique et extravagante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Loin du danger, il ne rêve qu’exploits héroïques, entreprises surhumaines et gigantesques ; mais, quand vient le péril, son imagination trop vive lui représente la douleur des blessures, le visage camard de la mort, et le cœur lui manque ; […].
  2. Il était la proie de Carmen […]. Et non seulement il la subissait, mais encore il la recherchait, épris de sa chair de grande amoureuse lascive et insatisfaite, parfois ruée dans des débordements insensés, de quoi combler l’imagination la plus follement macérée dans les laves de l'érotisme épuisant.

This word in other languages

imagination(English)imaginación(Español)Vorstellung(Deutsch)imaginação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iamgination
  • imaggination
  • imagiantion
  • imaginaiton
  • imaginatino
  • imaginationn
  • imaginatoin
  • imaginattion
  • imaginnation
  • imagintaion
  • imagniation
  • imaignation
  • imgaination
  • immagination
  • miagination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imagination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iamgination2imaggination1imagiantion2imaginaiton2imaginatino2imaginationn1imaginatoin2imaginattion1
Edit distance from "imagination"

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 "imagination"?
"imagination" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "imagination" mean?
As a noun, "imagination" means: Faculté d’imaginer, de se représenter quelque chose dans l’esprit.
What words are commonly confused with "imagination"?
"imagination" is commonly confused with "imaginatif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imagination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imagination" is \i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imagination" come from?
"imagination" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

démontrer15 variantsdiagnostic15 variantsprestation15 variantscollections15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list