imaginário

adj

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The verdict

“imaginário” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,349
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que só existe na imaginação

Corpus desk

Index PT-imaginario · imaginário · Portuguese

imaginário · rank #8,349 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,349
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inscrever

Nearest frequency peer: inscrever (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “imaginário”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “imaginário” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

imaginário vs imaginar
70% similar
imaginário vs imaginação
70% similar

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

Key facts for imaginário
PropertyValue
Headwordimaginário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,349
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “imaginário”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).imagináriocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “inscrever” (#8,350), “Hardware” (#8,347), “instância” (#8,351). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “imaginário” fica em #8,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around imaginário, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,349 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for imaginário, with forms such as "iamginário", "imagginário", and "imaginnário". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "imaginar", "imaginação", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is imaginário, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que só existe na imaginação
  2. 2
    diz-se de número complexo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O meu amigo imaginário acha que você tem algum problema mental.

This word in other languages

imaginary(English)imaginario(Español)imaginaire(Français)imaginär(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iamginário
  • imagginário
  • imaginnário
  • imaginráio
  • imagináiro
  • imaginároi
  • imaginárrio
  • imagiánrio
  • imagniário
  • imaignário
  • imgainário
  • immaginário
  • miaginário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iamginário2imagginário1imaginnário1imaginráio2imagináiro2imaginároi2imaginárrio1imagiánrio2
Edit distance from "imaginário"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imaginário"?
"imaginário" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-Á-R-I-O.
What does "imaginário" mean?
As an adjective, "imaginário" means: que só existe na imaginação
What words are commonly confused with "imaginário"?
"imaginário" is commonly confused with "imaginar", "imaginação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "imaginário" come from?
"imaginário" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

transtorno#8,269caminhando#8,438hipocrisia#8,489governante#8,205

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

instância13 variantsfuncional13 variantsencomenda13 variantsconfiante13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list