Which to use
“immense” and “immune” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,556
- “immense” frequency rank
- #5,691
- “immune” frequency rank
- 14247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immense | immune |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Huge, gigantic, very large. | Exempt; not subject to. |
Where the eye mixes immense and immune
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. immense runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against immune's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between immense and immune
A purely visual mix-up. immense (/ɪˈmɛns/) and immune (/ɪˈmjuːn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immense is recorded at frequency rank #8,556, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪˈmɛns/. immune is at rank #5,691, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɪˈmjuːn/.
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 14247, this pair ranks #471,168 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of immense vs immune
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "immense": s. Private to "immune": u.
"immense" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "immune" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "immense" and "immune" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "immense" vs "immune" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "immense" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "immune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #471,168 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immense" and "immune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immense vs immerse". 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 #471,168 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.