im vs imi, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“im” and “imi” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,077
“im” frequency rank: #47,938
“imi” frequency rank: 60015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	im	imi
Definition	sou;	terceira pessoa do singular do passado do indicativo do verbo imeä:

Letter map: im vs imi

Shared letters muted; letters that set im and imi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

3 ch

imi

Pair insight - im / imi

im and imi are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “im” sits inside “imi”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

im is recorded at frequency rank #12,077, classified as averb. imi is at rank #47,938, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈi.mi/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 60015, this pair ranks #7,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of im vs imi

Shared letters: im. Private to "im": -. Private to "imi": -.

"im" · 2 letters · shape VC · "imi" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "im" for "imi" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “im” sits inside “imi”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "im" vs "imi" - which ranks higher?

"im" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,077 in our Portuguese list, against #47,938 for "imi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "im" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "imi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #7,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"im" and "imi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imi vs ino". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.