immigrant
\i.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“immigrant” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #31,546 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #31,546
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui immigre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immigrant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “immigrant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for immigrant is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,546 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui immigre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for immigrant, with forms such as "imigrant", "imimgrant", and "immgirant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "immigrants", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is immigrant, spelled I-M-M-I-G-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui immigre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imigrant,imimgrant,immgirant,immigarnt,immiggrant,immigrannt,immigrantt,immigratn,immigrnat,immigrrant,immirgant,mimigrant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immigrant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “immigrant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-M-M-I-G-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “immigrants” - see the side-by-side comparison. immigrant vs immigrants
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.