Which to use
“immenses” and “immondes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,174
- “immenses” frequency rank
- #35,545
- “immondes” frequency rank
- 45719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immenses | immondes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de immense. | Pluriel de immonde. |
Where the eye mixes immenses and immondes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. immenses and immondes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: immenses vs immondes
A purely visual mix-up. immenses (\i(m).mɑ̃s\) and immondes (\i(m).mɔ̃d\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immenses is recorded at frequency rank #10,174, classified as anadj, pronounced \i(m).mɑ̃s\. immondes is at rank #35,545, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i(m).mɔ̃d\.
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 45719, this pair ranks #200,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immenses vs immondes
Shared letters: eimns. Private to "immenses": -. Private to "immondes": do.
"immenses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "immondes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "immenses" and "immondes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "immenses" or "immondes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "immenses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "immondes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immenses" and "immondes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immondes vs inondés". 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 #200,545 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.