Which to use
“imaginée” and “imagines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,655
- “imaginée” frequency rank
- #10,720
- “imagines” frequency rank
- 32375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginée | imagines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de imaginer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer. |
Where the eye mixes imaginée and imagines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between imaginée and imagines
A purely visual mix-up. imaginée (\i.ma.ʒi.ne\) and imagines (\i.ma.ʒin\) 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 32375, 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\. imagines is at rank #10,720, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒin\.
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 32375, this pair ranks #297,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imaginée vs imagines
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "imaginée": é. Private to "imagines": s.
"imaginée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "imagines" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imagines ← iamgines · imaggines · imagiens · imaginess · imaginnes · imaginse · imagnies · imaignes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imaginée" and "imagines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "imaginée" or "imagines"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imagines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginée" and "imagines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imagée vs imaginée". 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 #297,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.