imagine
\i.ma.ʒin\
The verdict
“imagine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,524
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imagine · imagine · French
imagine · rank #1,524 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,524
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH influence
Nearest frequency peer: influence (+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 « imagine »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- entier
entier
98,481 corpus weight
- exposition
exposition
98,480 corpus weight
- imagine
imagine
98,477 corpus weight
- influence
influence
98,476 corpus weight
- lecture
lecture
98,475 corpus weight
- maman
maman
98,474 corpus weight
What this shows « imagine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | imagine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \i.ma.ʒin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imagine »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around imagine (IPA \i.ma.ʒin\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,524 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for imagine, with forms such as "iamgine", "imaggine", and "imagien". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "imaginer", "imaginez", "imagines", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is imagine, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imaginer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imaginer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de imaginer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imagine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’imagine mal ma douce Lili cramioter pour un oui pour un non.
Le lecteur imagine sans peine ce que la perspective de chroniquer les obsèques d’une gloire nationale avait représenté pour lui et de quel poids pesait maintenant l’impossibilité de le faire.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iamgine
- imaggine
- imagien
- imaginne
- imagnie
- imaigne
- imgaine
- immagine
- miagine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imagine - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "imagine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).