imagevsimuneWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: image is a noun, imune is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“image” is a noun and “imune” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,260
“image” frequency rank
#12,910
“imune” frequency rank
25170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature image imune
Definition imagem, figura, fotografia livre de deveres, impostos

Letter map: image vs imune

Shared letters muted; letters that set image and imune apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
image
5 ch
imune

Grammar separator: image vs imune

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: image is anoun and imuneanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

image is recorded at frequency rank #12,260, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɪmɪdʒ/. imune is at rank #12,910, tagged as anadj.

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 25170, this pair ranks #44,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of image vs imune

Shared letters: eim. Private to "image": ag. Private to "imune": nu.

"image" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "imune" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imageiamge · imaeg · imagge · imgae · immage · miage
  • imuneimmune · imnue · imuen · imunne · iumne · miune

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "image" and "imune" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "image" is a noun and "imune" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "image" vs "imune" - which ranks higher?
"image" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,260 in our Portuguese list, against #12,910 for "imune". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "image" and "imune". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "image" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "image" and "imune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "image vs Imam". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #44,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list