Which to use
“immédiate” and “immédiats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,464
- “immédiate” frequency rank
- #19,561
- “immédiats” frequency rank
- 25025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immédiate | immédiats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de immédiat. | Masculin pluriel de immédiat. |
Where the eye mixes immédiate and immédiats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. immédiate (VCCVCVVCV) and immédiats (VCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: immédiate vs immédiats
A purely visual mix-up. immédiate (\i.me.djat\) and immédiats (\i.me.dja\) 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 a single letter - e in “immédiate” becomes s in “immédiats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25025, 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\. immédiats is at rank #19,561, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.me.dja\.
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 25025, this pair ranks #343,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of immédiate vs immédiats
Shared letters: adimté. Private to "immédiate": e. Private to "immédiats": s.
"immédiate" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "immédiats" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "immédiate" for "immédiats" ever safe?
Which is more common, "immédiate" or "immédiats"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "immédiate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "immédiats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immédiate" and "immédiats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immédiate vs immédiateté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #343,211 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.