Imam
/iˈmaːm/
The verdict
“Imam” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,047
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - imã
Corpus desk
Index PT-imam · Imam · Portuguese
Imam · rank #42,047 · 5 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,047
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH ilusionista
Nearest frequency peer: ilusionista (-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 “Imam”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- hematoma
hematoma
57,967 corpus weight
- ilusionista
ilusionista
57,955 corpus weight
- Imam
Imam
57,954 corpus weight
- imperfeição
imperfeição
57,952 corpus weight
- impermeável
impermeável
57,951 corpus weight
- inflamar
inflamar
57,944 corpus weight
What this shows “Imam” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | Imam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iˈmaːm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Imam”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Imam (IPA /iˈmaːm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,047 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "imã".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Imam, with forms such as "iamm", "imamm", and "imma". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ira", "IVA", "ina", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Portuguese form is Imam, spelled I-M-A-M.
Definition
- 1imã
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iamm
- imamm
- imma
- immam
- miam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Imam - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).