imitieren
\imiˈtiːʁən\
The verdict
“imitieren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Copier, imiter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imitieren · imitieren · French
imitieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imitieren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \imiˈtiːʁən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
imitieren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \imiˈtiːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Copier, imiter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for imitieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 imitieren, spelled I-M-I-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Copier, imiter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how imitieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Detlef kann ausgezeichnet Tierstimmen imitieren: Er gackert wie ein Huhn, schnattert wie eine Ente, wiehert wie ein Pferd oder bellt wie ein Hund.
Ich mache mir Gedanken über ihn: ich weiß, daß er Junggeselle blieb, sonst aber seinen Vater in allen Dingen imitierte, wenngleich er ihn nicht liebte.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.