imprimer

\ɛ̃.pʁi.me\

/\ɛ̃.pʁi.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“imprimer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,579
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire ou laisser une empreinte sur quelque chose, y marquer des traits, une figure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprimer · imprimer · French

imprimer · rank #7,579 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,579
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imposant

Nearest frequency peer: imposant (-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 « imprimer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imprimer » 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).

imprimer vs imprimés
75% similar
imprimer vs imprimeur
89% similar
imprimer vs imprimerie
80% similar

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

Key facts for imprimer
PropertyValue
Headwordimprimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁi.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,579
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imprimer »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « imposant » (#7,578), « infanterie » (#7,580), « immigrés » (#7,577). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprimer » est au #7,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around imprimer (IPA \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,579 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprimer, with forms such as "immprimer", "impirmer", and "impprimer". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "imprimés", "imprimeur", "imprimerie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is imprimer, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire ou laisser une empreinte sur quelque chose, y marquer des traits, une figure.
  2. 2
    Reproduire à l’encre noire ou en couleur par l’application et la pression d’une surface sur une autre.
  3. 3
    Reproduire par des lettres sur du papier ou sur une autre surface, avec des caractères que l’on a chargés d’encre.
  4. 4
    Reproduire automatiquement de l’information à partir d’un ordinateur par l’intermédiaire d'une imprimante.
  5. 5
    Publier par la voie de l’impression, éditer, tirer.
  6. 6
    Donner à quelque chose un certain mouvement en poussant.
  7. 7
    Produire un effet.
  8. 8
    Produire chez les autres une forte impression dans l’esprit, dans le cœur, dans la mémoire.
  9. 9
    Comprendre ; retenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Imprimer un cachet sur de la cire.
  2. Le balancier imprime mieux les figures et les caractères sur la monnaie que le marteau.

This word in other languages

imprint(English)imprimir(Español)prägen(Deutsch)estampar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immprimer
  • impirmer
  • impprimer
  • impriemr
  • imprimerr
  • imprimmer
  • imprimre
  • imprmier
  • imprrimer
  • imrpimer
  • ipmrimer
  • miprimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprimer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

immprimer1impirmer2impprimer1impriemr2imprimerr1imprimmer1imprimre2imprmier2
Edit distance from "imprimer"

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 "imprimer"?
"imprimer" is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\.
What does "imprimer" mean?
As a verb, "imprimer" means: Faire ou laisser une empreinte sur quelque chose, y marquer des traits, une figure.
What words are commonly confused with "imprimer"?
"imprimer" is commonly confused with "imprimés", "imprimeur", "imprimerie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imprimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprimer" is \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprimer" come from?
"imprimer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imposant#7,578immigrés#7,577Jennifer#7,583galeries#7,570

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Mercedes12 variantsPakistan12 variantsdéfaites12 variantspensions12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list