Which to use
“immédiate” is an adjective and “immédiateté” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,464
- “immédiate” frequency rank
- #48,590
- “immédiateté” frequency rank
- 54054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immédiate | immédiateté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de immédiat. | Qualité de ce qui est immédiat. |
Where the eye mixes immédiate and immédiateté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. immédiate runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCV) against immédiateté's 11 (VCCVCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses immédiate with immédiateté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: immédiate is \i.me.djat\ while immédiateté is \i.me.dja.tə.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “immédiate” sits inside “immédiateté”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immédiate is recorded at frequency rank #5,464, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.me.djat\. immédiateté is at rank #48,590, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.me.dja.tə.te\.
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 54054, this pair ranks #136,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immédiate vs immédiateté
Shared letters: adeimté. Private to "immédiate": -. Private to "immédiateté": -.
"immédiate" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "immédiateté" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "immédiate" for "immédiateté" ever safe?
Which is more common, "immédiate" or "immédiateté"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "immédiate" and "immédiateté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "immédiate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "immédiateté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immédiate" and "immédiateté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immédiates vs immédiateté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #136,635 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.