Which to use
“imaginée” and “imaginées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,655
- “imaginée” frequency rank
- #41,829
- “imaginées” frequency rank
- 63484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginée | imaginées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de imaginer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de imaginer. |
Same sound, different letters: imaginée vs imaginées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. imaginée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against imaginées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - imaginée / imaginées
This is the hard kind. imaginée and imaginées are pronounced identically (\i.ma.ʒi.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “imaginée” sits inside “imaginées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imaginée is recorded at frequency rank #21,655, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒi.ne\. 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 63484, this pair ranks #81,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imaginée vs imaginées
Shared letters: aegimné. Private to "imaginée": -. Private to "imaginées": s.
"imaginée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "imaginées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "imaginée" for "imaginées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "imaginée" vs "imaginées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "imaginée" / "imaginées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginée" 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 #81,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginée" and "imaginées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imagée vs imaginée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #81,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.