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

#25,359
“immensité” frequency rank
#8,253
“immunité” frequency rank
33612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immensité immunité
Definition Espace sans bornes ; état de ce qui est immense. Exemption d’impôts, de devoirs, de charges, etc.

Where the eye mixes immensité and immunité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. immensité runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against immunité's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
immensité
8 ch
immunité

Visual trap between immensité and immunité

A purely visual mix-up. immensité (\i.mɑ̃.si.te\) and immunité (\i.my.ni.te\) 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 33612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immensité is recorded at frequency rank #25,359, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.mɑ̃.si.te\. immunité is at rank #8,253, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.my.ni.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 33612, this pair ranks #289,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of immensité vs immunité

Shared letters: imnté. Private to "immensité": es. Private to "immunité": u.

"immensité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "immunité" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "immensité" and "immunité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\i.mɑ̃.si.te\ versus \i.my.ni.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "immensité" or "immunité"?
"immunité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,253 in our French list, against #25,359 for "immensité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "immensité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immunité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #289,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immensité" and "immunité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immune vs immunité". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #289,459 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