Which to use
“imaginées” and “imagines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,829
- “imaginées” frequency rank
- #10,720
- “imagines” frequency rank
- 52549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginées | imagines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de imaginer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de imaginer. |
Where the eye mixes imaginées and imagines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. imaginées runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against imagines's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: imaginées vs imagines
A purely visual mix-up. imaginées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52549, 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\. 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 52549, this pair ranks #146,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imaginées vs imagines
Shared letters: aegimns. Private to "imaginées": é. Private to "imagines": -.
"imaginées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "imagines" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imagines ← iamgines · imaggines · imagiens · imaginess · imaginnes · imaginse · imagnies · imaignes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "imaginées" for "imagines" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "imaginées" or "imagines" show up more?
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 "imagines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginées" and "imagines" 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 #146,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.