imagine

\i.ma.ʒin\

/\i.ma.ʒin\/ verb

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imagine » 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).

imagine vs imaginer
88% similar
imagine vs imaginez
88% similar
imagine vs imagines
88% similar

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

Key facts for imagine
PropertyValue
Headwordimagine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.ma.ʒin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,524
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imagine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imaginese 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 « influence » (#1,525), « lecture » (#1,526), « exposition » (#1,521). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imagine » est au #1,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imaginer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de imaginer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de imaginer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’imagine mal ma douce Lili cramioter pour un oui pour un non.
  2. 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.

iamgine2imaggine1imagien2imaginne1imagnie2imaigne2imgaine2immagine1
Edit distance from "imagine"

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 "imagine"?
"imagine" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ma.ʒin\.
What does "imagine" mean?
As a verb, "imagine" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer.
What words are commonly confused with "imagine"?
"imagine" is commonly confused with "imaginer", "imaginez", "imagines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imagine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imagine" is \i.ma.ʒin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imagine" come from?
"imagine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list