Which to use
“imaginées” and “imaginent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,829
- “imaginées” frequency rank
- #19,314
- “imaginent” frequency rank
- 61143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginées | imaginent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de imaginer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer. |
Where the eye mixes imaginées and imaginent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imaginées (VCVCVCVVC) and imaginent (VCVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: imaginées vs imaginent
A purely visual mix-up. imaginées (\i.ma.ʒi.ne\) and imaginent (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imaginées is recorded at frequency rank #41,829, classified as averb, pronounced \i.ma.ʒi.ne\. imaginent is at rank #19,314, 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 61143, this pair ranks #93,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imaginées vs imaginent
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "imaginées": sé. Private to "imaginent": t.
"imaginées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "imaginent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imaginent ← iamginent · imagginent · imagiennt · imaginennt · imaginentt · imaginetn · imaginnent · imaginnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imaginées" and "imaginent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "imaginées" or "imaginent"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginées" and "imaginent" 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 #93,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.