immérité
\i.me.ʁi.te\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immérité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.me.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Qui n’est pas mérité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immérité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai vu, monsieur, dit l’Anglais, qu’il vous était arrivé un nouveau malheur immérité comme les autres,
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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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.