immergéevsimmergerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: immergée is a adjective, immerger is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“immergée” is an adjective and “immerger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,982
“immergée” frequency rank
#42,935
“immerger” frequency rank
86917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immergée immerger
Definition Féminin singulier de immergé. Plonger dans l’eau ou dans tout autre liquide, voire tout autre gaz.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set immergée and immerger apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
immergée
8 ch
immerger

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: immergée and immerger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.mɛʁ.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immergée is recorded at frequency rank #43,982, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.mɛʁ.ʒe\. immerger is at rank #42,935, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.mɛʁ.ʒe\.

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 86917, this pair ranks #9,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of immergée vs immerger

Shared letters: egimr. Private to "immergée": é. Private to "immerger": -.

"immergée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "immerger" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immergerimemrger · imerger · immegrer · immeregr · immergerr · immergger · immergre · immerrger

Frequency comparison

immergée#43,982
immerger#42,935

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "immergée" and "immerger" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "immergée" is an adjective and "immerger" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "immergée" or "immerger"?
"immerger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,935 in our French list, against #43,982 for "immergée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering immergée vs immerger

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “immergée”; for a verb, it's “immerger”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “immergée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list