imitateur

Name: imitateur, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\i.mi.ta.tœʁ\

/\i.mi.ta.tœʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“imitateur” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,378
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui imite, en parlant principalement d’une personne qui règle sa conduite, ses actions sur celles d’une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imitateur · imitateur · French

imitateur · rank #37,378 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #37,378
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH individualités

Nearest frequency peer: individualités (+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.

hétérosexuel

62,627
ignorante

62,626
imitateur

62,623
individuali…

62,622
induites

62,621
informées

62,620

What this shows « imitateur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

imitateur vs initiateur

80% similar

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

Key facts for imitateur
Property	Value
Headword	imitateur
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\i.mi.ta.tœʁ\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#37,378
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imitateur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).imitateurse place ici:

#37,378

#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 « individualités » (#37,379), « induites » (#37,380), « ignorante » (#37,375). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imitateur » est au #37,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around imitateur (IPA \i.mi.ta.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,378 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for imitateur, with forms such as "iimtateur", "imiatteur", and "imitaetur". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "initiateur", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is imitateur, spelled I-M-I-T-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

1
Celui qui imite, en parlant principalement d’une personne qui règle sa conduite, ses actions sur celles d’une autre.
2
Artiste qui donne en spectacle, en les forçant, une imitation de la voix et des manières d'un personnage public.
3
Écrivain ou artiste qui imite le style, la manière, le genre d’un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Je forme une entreprise qui n’eut jamais d’exemple, et dont l’exécution n’aura point d’imitateur. Je veux montrer à mes semblables un homme dans toute la vérité de la nature, et cet homme, ce sera moi.
Ridicules imitateurs des manies anglaises, en faisant des courses, nous avons aussi introduit chez nous l’usage des paris et nous en avons fait une véritable science de combinaison.

This word in other languages

imitator(English)imitador(Español)Nachahmer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

iimtateur
imiatteur
imitaetur
imitateru
imitateurr
imitatteur
imitatuer
imittaeur
imittateur
immitateur
imtiateur
miitateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "imitateur"

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 "imitateur"?

"imitateur" is spelled I-M-I-T-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mi.ta.tœʁ\.

What does "imitateur" mean?

As a noun, "imitateur" means: Celui qui imite, en parlant principalement d’une personne qui règle sa conduite, ses actions sur celles d’une autre.

What words are commonly confused with "imitateur"?

"imitateur" is commonly confused with "initiateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "imitateur"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imitateur" is \i.mi.ta.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "imitateur" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ignorante#37,375 informées#37,381 hexagonal#37,361 grimpeurs#37,353

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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