IMs
\ˌaɪ.ˈɛmz\
The verdict
“IMs” is uncommon French (frequency #62,358 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,358
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de IM.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ims · IMs · French
IMs · rank #62,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,358
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imputées
Nearest frequency peer: imputées (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « IMs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- impures
impures
37,645 corpus weight
- imputées
imputées
37,644 corpus weight
- IMs
IMs
37,643 corpus weight
- inanimés
inanimés
37,642 corpus weight
- inanité
inanité
37,641 corpus weight
- inaugurés
inaugurés
37,640 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « IMs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | IMs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌaɪ.ˈɛmz\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « IMs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
IMs is uncommon French at frequency #62,358 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌaɪ.ˈɛmz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de IM.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for IMs in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is IMs, spelled I-M-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de IM.
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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