imago
\i.ma.ɡo\
The verdict
“imago” is uncommon French (frequency #58,675 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,675
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme définitive, adulte, d'un insecte sexué, devenu apte à la reproduction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imago · imago · French
imago · rank #58,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,675
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Imoca
Nearest frequency peer: Imoca (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « imago »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- iban
iban
41,329 corpus weight
- Idlib
Idlib
41,328 corpus weight
- imago
imago
41,326 corpus weight
- Imoca
Imoca
41,325 corpus weight
- imprimez
imprimez
41,324 corpus weight
- Imran
Imran
41,323 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « imago » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imago |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ma.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « imago » en français
Rare enough to double-check
imago is uncommon French at frequency #58,675 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ma.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for imago, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 imago, spelled I-M-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1Forme définitive, adulte, d'un insecte sexué, devenu apte à la reproduction.
- 2Représentation imaginaire, plus ou moins consciente qu’une personne se fait d’elle-même et de ses parents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pupe est formée par la dernière exuvie larvaire rétractée qui constitue un puparium chitinisé, dur et résistant. La pupe enferme la nymphe et ne permet pas de distinguer les parties de l’imago.
Carl Gustav Jung introduit la notion d’imago en 1911 dans Métamorphoses et symboles de la libido : il décrit alors une imago maternelle, paternelle, fraternelle.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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