imiter

\i.mi.te\

/\i.mi.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“imiter” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,786
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire ou s’efforcer de faire exactement la même chose que fait une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imiter · imiter · French

imiter · rank #11,786 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,786
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imbéciles

Nearest frequency peer: imbéciles (-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 « imiter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imiter » 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).

imiter vs ITER
0% similar
imiter vs inter
67% similar
imiter vs inviter
71% similar

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

Key facts for imiter
PropertyValue
Headwordimiter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.mi.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,786
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imiter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imiterse 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 « imbéciles » (#11,785), « human » (#11,784), « incompréhensible » (#11,788). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imiter » est au #11,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around imiter (IPA \i.mi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,786 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for imiter, with forms such as "iimter", "imietr", and "imiterr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ITER", "inter", "inviter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is imiter, spelled I-M-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire ou s’efforcer de faire exactement la même chose que fait une personne.
  2. 2
    Prendre la conduite, les actions d’une personne pour modèle.
  3. 3
    Faire l’image, la ressemblance d’une chose.
  4. 4
    S’efforcer de prendre, dans ses compositions, le style, le genre, la manière d’un autre, en parlant d’un écrivain, d’un artiste.
  5. 5
    Rédiger un ouvrage dont l’idée principale, le plan, etc., lui ont été suggérés par l’ouvrage d’un autre.
  6. 6
    Ressembler à, en parlant des choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Imitez-le dans tout ce que vous lui verrez faire.
  2. Le singe imite l’homme.

This word in other languages

mimic(English)imitar(Español)nachahmen(Deutsch)copiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iimter
  • imietr
  • imiterr
  • imitre
  • imitter
  • immiter
  • imtier
  • miiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imiter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iimter2imietr2imiterr1imitre2imitter1immiter1imtier2miiter2
Edit distance from "imiter"

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 "imiter"?
"imiter" is spelled I-M-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mi.te\.
What does "imiter" mean?
As a verb, "imiter" means: Faire ou s’efforcer de faire exactement la même chose que fait une personne.
What words are commonly confused with "imiter"?
"imiter" is commonly confused with "ITER", "inter", "inviter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imiter" is \i.mi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imiter" come from?
"imiter" 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 "imiter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fabien#11,772montés#11,807mythes#11,810défait#11,757

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

orages8 variantsprône8 variantscastro8 variantsbuisson8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list