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.
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?
In ordinary French text, does "immédiates" or "immédiats" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- 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.