iman

\i.mɑ̃\

/\i.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“iman” is uncommon French (frequency #52,747 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,747
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-iman · iman · French

iman · rank #52,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,747
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH igloo

Nearest frequency peer: igloo (-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 « iman »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « iman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for iman
PropertyValue
Headwordiman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.mɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#52,747
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « iman » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).imantombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « igloo » (#52,746), « immigrées » (#52,748), « héritent » (#52,745). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « iman » est au #52,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

iman is uncommon French at frequency #52,747 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de imam.".

iman has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is iman, spelled I-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de imam.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sire, j'observerai à Votre Majesté qu'il ne me paraît pas possible que le prince puisse voyager tout seul. Les droits de ma charge exigent que je ne le quitte pas jusqu'à son mariage. D'ailleurs, s'en ira-t-il pour plusieurs mois, plusieurs semaines, même plusieurs jours, sans avoir un iman avec lui ?' — (Édouard Ferdinand de La Bonninière (1816-1875), Pa…
  2. Le chiisme professé par les Iraniens dispose quant à lui d’un clergé très structuré et fort nombreux, avec ses talebs (étudiants), mollahs, hodjatoleslam, ayatollah, grands ayatollah et éventuellement un iman. — (Jeune Afrique, numéros 1618 à 1629, 1992)

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 "iman"?
"iman" is spelled I-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mɑ̃\.
What does "iman" mean?
As a noun, "iman" means: Variante de imam.
How do you pronounce "iman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "iman" is \i.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "iman" come from?
"iman" 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 "iman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list