imaginer

\i.ma.ʒi.ne\

/\i.ma.ʒi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“imaginer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,481
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se représenter quelque chose dans l’esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imaginer · imaginer · French

imaginer · rank #2,481 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,481
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ha

Nearest frequency peer: ha (-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 « imaginer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imaginer » 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).

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

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

Key facts for imaginer
PropertyValue
Headwordimaginer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.ma.ʒi.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,481
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imaginer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).imaginerse 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 « ha » (#2,480), « Inde » (#2,482), « grève » (#2,479). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imaginer » est au #2,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around imaginer (IPA \i.ma.ʒi.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,481 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for imaginer, with forms such as "iamginer", "imagginer", and "imagienr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "imaginez", "imagines", "imagine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is imaginer, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se représenter quelque chose dans l’esprit.
  2. 2
    Inventer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux heures plus tard, le yawl regagnait son mouillage, nous laissant l’inoffensive distraction d’imaginer d’extraordinaires romans dignes du cinématographe.
  2. Remarquons d’entrée de jeu qu'il faut méconnaître le père de la théorie de la relativité pour imaginer qu'il ait pu assimiler l'astrologie à une « science ».

This word in other languages

fancy(English)imaginar(Español)erdichten(Deutsch)imaginar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iamginer
  • imagginer
  • imagienr
  • imaginerr
  • imaginner
  • imaginre
  • imagnier
  • imaigner
  • imgainer
  • immaginer
  • miaginer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imaginer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iamginer2imagginer1imagienr2imaginerr1imaginner1imaginre2imagnier2imaigner2
Edit distance from "imaginer"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exemples#2,474terrible#2,496agréable#2,501voudrais#2,456

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mélange11 variantsfenêtre11 variantssurpris11 variantscharges11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list