immense

\i(m).mɑ̃s\

/\i(m).mɑ̃s\/ adj

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The verdict

“immense” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,622
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est sans borne ou sans mesure ; dont l’étendue ou la grandeur sont infinies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-immense · immense · French

immense · rank #2,622 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,622
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH hauts

Nearest frequency peer: hauts (-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 « immense »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « immense » 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).

immense vs immune
71% similar
immense vs intense
71% similar
immense vs immonde
71% similar

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

Key facts for immense
PropertyValue
Headwordimmense
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i(m).mɑ̃s\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,622
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « immense »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hauts » (#2,621), « immeuble » (#2,623), « guillaume » (#2,620). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « immense » est au #2,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around immense (IPA \i(m).mɑ̃s\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,622 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for immense, with forms such as "imemnse", "imense", and "immenes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "immune", "intense", "immonde", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is immense, spelled I-M-M-E-N-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est sans borne ou sans mesure ; dont l’étendue ou la grandeur sont infinies.
  2. 2
    Qui est d’une très grande étendue.
  3. 3
    Qui est très considérable en son genre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieu est immense. — C’est un être immense.
  2. Nous parcourons la vaste plaine fertile des Doukkala, sans pierres et sans arbres, où s’étalent à perte de vue d’immenses champs de blé, d'orge, de maïs, de fèves et de pois chiches.

This word in other languages

immense(English)inmenso(Español)immens(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imemnse
  • imense
  • immenes
  • immennse
  • immensse
  • immesne
  • immnese
  • mimense

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immense - 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.

imemnse2imense1immenes2immennse1immensse1immesne2immnese2mimense2
Edit distance from "immense"

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 "immense"?
"immense" is spelled I-M-M-E-N-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i(m).mɑ̃s\.
What does "immense" mean?
As an adjective, "immense" means: Qui est sans borne ou sans mesure ; dont l’étendue ou la grandeur sont infinies.
What words are commonly confused with "immense"?
"immense" is commonly confused with "immune", "intense", "immonde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "immense"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immense" is \i(m).mɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "immense" come from?
"immense" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inverse#2,625fédéral#2,617longues#2,627extrait#2,613

Similar misspelling depth

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

Grèce8 variantsoutils8 variantspêche8 variantsacquis8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list