Which to use
“imaginais” and “imaginons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,645
- “imaginais” frequency rank
- #18,775
- “imaginons” frequency rank
- 35420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginais | imaginons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de imaginer. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer. |
Where the eye mixes imaginais and imaginons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imaginais (VCVCVCVVC) and imaginons (VCVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between imaginais and imaginons
A purely visual mix-up. imaginais (\i.ma.ʒi.nɛ\) and imaginons (\i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃\) 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 35420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imaginais is recorded at frequency rank #16,645, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒi.nɛ\. imaginons is at rank #18,775, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃\.
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 35420, this pair ranks #276,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imaginais vs imaginons
Shared letters: agimns. Private to "imaginais": -. Private to "imaginons": o.
"imaginais" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "imaginons" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "imaginais" for "imaginons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "imaginais" or "imaginons"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "imaginais" and "imaginons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginais" and "imaginons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imaginais vs imaginatif". 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 #276,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.