imprimerie

\ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁi\

/\ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“imprimerie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,863
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art d’imprimer, techniques d’impression permettant la reproduction, à un nombre quelconque d'exemplaires, de textes, de signes ou d’images sur un support (papier, textile, etc.)

Corpus desk

Index FR-imprimerie · imprimerie · French

imprimerie · rank #8,863 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,863
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH illustrations

Nearest frequency peer: illustrations (-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 « imprimerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imprimerie » 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).

imprimerie vs imprimer
80% similar
imprimerie vs imprimée
70% similar

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

Key facts for imprimerie
PropertyValue
Headwordimprimerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,863
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imprimerie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imprimeriese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « illustrations » (#8,862), « honorable » (#8,861), « indemnités » (#8,865). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imprimerie » est au #8,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around imprimerie (IPA \ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,863 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprimerie, with forms such as "immprimerie", "impirmerie", and "impprimerie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "imprimer", "imprimée", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is imprimerie, spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art d’imprimer, techniques d’impression permettant la reproduction, à un nombre quelconque d'exemplaires, de textes, de signes ou d’images sur un support (papier, textile, etc.)
  2. 2
    Établissement où l’on imprime.
  3. 3
    Industrie de l’impression, collectif des imprimeurs.
  4. 4
    Ce qui sert à imprimer, imprimante, imprimeuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’imprimerie est le télescope de l'âme […] ; ainsi l'imprimerie rapproche et met en communication immédiate, continue, perpétuelle, la pensée de l'homme isolé avec toutes les pensées du monde invisible, dans le passé, dans le présent, dans l'avenir.
  2. L’invention de l’imprimerie est le plus grand événement de l’histoire.

This word in other languages

printing(English)imprenta(Español)Typographie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immprimerie
  • impirmerie
  • impprimerie
  • impriemrie
  • imprimeire
  • imprimerei
  • imprimerrie
  • imprimmerie
  • imprimreie
  • imprmierie
  • imprrimerie
  • imrpimerie
  • ipmrimerie
  • miprimerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

immprimerie1impirmerie2impprimerie1impriemrie2imprimeire2imprimerei2imprimerrie1imprimmerie1
Edit distance from "imprimerie"

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 "imprimerie"?
"imprimerie" is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁi\.
What does "imprimerie" mean?
As a noun, "imprimerie" means: Art d’imprimer, techniques d’impression permettant la reproduction, à un nombre quelconque d'exemplaires, de textes, de signes ou d’images sur un support (papier, textile, etc.)
What words are commonly confused with "imprimerie"?
"imprimerie" is commonly confused with "imprimer", "imprimée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imprimerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprimerie" is \ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprimerie" come from?
"imprimerie" 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 "imprimerie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indemnités#8,865infiniment#8,867inquiétant#8,868intéressée#8,869

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

limitation14 variantsexcellents14 variantsdétourner14 variantsconquérir14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list