immédiatesvsimmédiatsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#21,041
“immédiates” frequency rank
#19,561
“immédiats” frequency rank
40602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immédiates immédiats
Definition Féminin pluriel de immédiat. Masculin pluriel de immédiat.

Where the eye mixes immédiates and immédiats

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. immédiates runs 10 letters (VCCVCVVCVC) against immédiats's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
immédiates
9 ch
immédiats

Visual trap between immédiates and immédiats

A purely visual mix-up. immédiates (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immédiates is recorded at frequency rank #21,041, 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 40602, this pair ranks #239,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of immédiates vs immédiats

Shared letters: adimsté. Private to "immédiates": e. Private to "immédiats": -.

"immédiates" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC  ·  "immédiats" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "immédiates" and "immédiats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\i.me.djat\ versus \i.me.dja\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "immédiates" or "immédiats" show up more?
"immédiats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,561 in our French list, against #21,041 for "immédiates". 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 "immédiates" 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 #239,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immédiates" and "immédiats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immédiates vs immédiateté". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #239,309 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