IMGvsimmoConfusable pair

Which to use

“IMG” and “immo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,491
“IMG” frequency rank
#23,578
“immo” frequency rank
67069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature IMG immo
Definition Avortement provoqué de manière médicale et assistée. Abréviation de immobilisation.

Where the eye mixes IMG and immo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
IMG
4 ch
immo

Visual trap between IMG and immo

A purely visual mix-up. IMG (\i ɛm ʒe\) and immo (\i.mo\) 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 67069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

IMG is recorded at frequency rank #43,491, classified as anoun, pronounced \i ɛm ʒe\. immo is at rank #23,578, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.mo\.

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 67069, this pair ranks #65,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of IMG vs immo

Shared letters: im. Private to "IMG": g. Private to "immo": o.

"IMG" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immoimo · imom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "IMG" and "immo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\i ɛm ʒe\ versus \i.mo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "IMG" or "immo" show up more?
"immo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,578 in our French list, against #43,491 for "IMG". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "IMG" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "IMG" and "immo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IMG vs isi". 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 #65,047 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list