imams

\i.mam\

/\i.mam\/ noun

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The verdict

“imams” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,892
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de imam.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imams · imams · French

imams · rank #23,892 · 7 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,892
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ignace

Nearest frequency peer: Ignace (-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 « imams »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imams » 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).

imams vs immo
60% similar
imams vs irais
60% similar
imams vs items
60% similar

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

Key facts for imams
PropertyValue
Headwordimams
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.mam\
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,892
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imams »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imamsse 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 « Ignace » (#23,891), « immaculée » (#23,893), « iconographie » (#23,890). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imams » est au #23,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around imams (IPA \i.mam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,892 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de imam.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for imams, with forms such as "iamms", "imamms", and "imamss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "immo", "irais", "items", and more, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is imams, spelled I-M-A-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de imam.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour les nouveaux imams, un nouvel accord plus conforme aux exigences de la laïcité doit être négocié.
  2. Rachid adorait ce sentiment de calme profondément apaisant qui l'envahissait dès qu'il entendait les mélodieux adhans, surtout quand ils étaient lancés par des imams talentueux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iamms
  • imamms
  • imamss
  • imasm
  • immams
  • immas
  • miams

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imams - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iamms2imamms1imamss1imasm2immams1immas2miams2
Edit distance from "imams"

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 "imams"?
"imams" is spelled I-M-A-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mam\.
What does "imams" mean?
As a noun, "imams" means: Pluriel de imam.
What words are commonly confused with "imams"?
"imams" is commonly confused with "immo", "irais", "items". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imams"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imams" is \i.mam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imams" come from?
"imams" 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 "imams", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Guido#23,882gueux#23,881furie#23,873kader#23,918

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

hobbit7 variantshammam7 variantsgrappe7 variantslynx7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list