imensosvsimersoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,322
“imensos” frequency rank
#33,023
“imerso” frequency rank
53345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imensos imerso
Definition plural de imenso que (se) imergiu; mergulhado, afundado, submerso

Letter map: imensos vs imerso

Shared letters muted; letters that set imensos and imerso apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. imensos runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against imerso's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
imensos
6 ch
imerso

Pair insight - imensos / imerso

imensos and imerso 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imensos is recorded at frequency rank #20,322, classified as anadj, pronounced /iˈmẽ.sos/. imerso is at rank #33,023, 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 53345, this pair ranks #12,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of imensos vs imerso

Shared letters: eimos. Private to "imensos": n. Private to "imerso": r.

"imensos" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "imerso" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imensos ← iemnsos · imennsos · imenoss · imensoss · imenssos · imesnos · immensos · imnesos
  • imerso ← iemrso · imeros · imerrso · imersso · imesro · immerso · imreso · mierso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "imensos" for "imerso" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "imensos" vs "imerso" - which ranks higher?
"imensos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,322 in our Portuguese list, against #33,023 for "imerso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "imensos" vs "imerso" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imensos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imerso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imensos" and "imerso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ileso vs imerso". 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 #12,099 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