immanent
\i.ma.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“immanent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est contenu dans la nature d’un être.
Corpus desk
Index FR-immanent · immanent · French
immanent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | immanent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.ma.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « immanent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
immanent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ma.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for immanent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is immanent, spelled I-M-M-A-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est contenu dans la nature d’un être.
- 2Qui réside dans.
- 3Ce qualificatif est souvent employé à propos d’un principe de justice qui serait contenu dans les choses elles-mêmes et qui se dégagerait tôt ou tard du cours naturel des conséquences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immanent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, tous les principes synthétiques de l’entendement sont d’un usage immanent, tandis que la connaissance d’un Être suprême exige, de ces principes, un usage transcendant auquel notre entendement n’est pas du tout préparé.
Nous appellerons immanents les principes dont l’application se tient absolument dans les bornes de l’expérience possible, et transcendants ceux qui sortent de ces limites.
Antonyms
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.