Which to use
“imaginée” and “imaginez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,655
- “imaginée” frequency rank
- #5,252
- “imaginez” frequency rank
- 26907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginée | imaginez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de imaginer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer. |
Same sound, different letters: imaginée vs imaginez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. imaginée (VCVCVCVV) and imaginez (VCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: imaginée vs imaginez
This is the hard kind. imaginée and imaginez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26907, 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\. imaginez is at rank #5,252, 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 26907, this pair ranks #332,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imaginée vs imaginez
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "imaginée": é. Private to "imaginez": z.
"imaginée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "imaginez" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imaginez ← iamginez · imagginez · imagienz · imaginezz · imaginnez · imaginze · imagniez · imaignez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "imaginée" and "imaginez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "imaginée" or "imaginez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "imaginée" / "imaginez". 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 "imaginez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginée" and "imaginez" 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 #332,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.