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“immunity” and “impurity” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,159
- “immunity” frequency rank
- #42,196
- “impurity” frequency rank
- 50355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immunity | impurity |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The state of being insusceptible to something; notably: | The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification. |
Where the eye mixes immunity and impurity
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: immunity vs impurity
A purely visual mix-up. immunity (/ɪˈmjuːnəti/) and impurity (/ɪmˈpjɝɪti/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immunity is recorded at frequency rank #8,159, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪˈmjuːnəti/. impurity is at rank #42,196, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪmˈpjɝɪti/.
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 50355, this pair ranks #175,079 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immunity vs impurity
Shared letters: imtuy. Private to "immunity": n. Private to "impurity": pr.
"immunity" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "impurity" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "immunity" and "impurity" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "immunity" or "impurity" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "immunity" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impurity" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,079 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immunity" and "impurity" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impunity vs impurity". 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 #175,079 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.