immérité

\i.me.ʁi.te\

/\i.me.ʁi.te\/ adj

The verdict

“immérité” 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 n’est pas mérité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-immerite · immérité · French

immérité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for immérité
PropertyValue
Headwordimmérité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.me.ʁi.te\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « immérité » en français

imméritésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

immérité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.me.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas mérité.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for immérité, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is immérité, spelled I-M-M-É-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas mérité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai vu, monsieur, dit l’Anglais, qu’il vous était arrivé un nouveau malheur immérité comme les autres,
  2. Une fois que tu auras dédaigné la Légion d’honneur, tu pourras consacrer tes vieux jours à obtenir une récompense vraiment prestigieuse. Ça fait quelques années qu’on parle de toi pour le prix Nobel de littérature. Ce ne serait pas immérité. Et le parchemin suédois est doté de 10 millions de couronnes, soit 1 million d’euros. Pas mal, non ?

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This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "immérité"?
"immérité" is spelled I-M-M-É-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.me.ʁi.te\.
What does "immérité" mean?
As an adjective, "immérité" means: Qui n’est pas mérité.
How do you pronounce "immérité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immérité" is \i.me.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "immérité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list