Which to use
“imagine” and “imaginées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,524
- “imagine” frequency rank
- #41,829
- “imaginées” frequency rank
- 43353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imagine | imaginées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de imaginer. |
Where the eye mixes imagine and imaginées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imagine runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against imaginées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses imagine with imaginées
A purely visual mix-up. imagine (\i.ma.ʒin\) and imaginées (\i.ma.ʒi.ne\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imagine is recorded at frequency rank #1,524, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒin\. imaginées is at rank #41,829, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒi.ne\.
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 43353, this pair ranks #218,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imagine vs imaginées
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "imagine": -. Private to "imaginées": sé.
"imagine" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "imaginées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imagine ← iamgine · imaggine · imagien · imaginne · imagnie · imaigne · imgaine · immagine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "imagine" for "imaginées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "imagine" or "imaginées"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "imagine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imagine" and "imaginées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imaginée vs imaginées". 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 #218,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.