immovsioConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#23,578
“immo” frequency rank
#23,588
“io” frequency rank
47166
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immo io
Definition Abréviation de immobilisation. Septième lettre de l’alphabet cyrillique, ё.

Where the eye mixes immo and io

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
immo
2 ch
io

Look-alike desk: immo vs io

A purely visual mix-up. immo (\i.mo\) and io (\jo\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immo is recorded at frequency rank #23,578, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.mo\. io is at rank #23,588, tagged as anoun, pronounced \jo\.

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 47166, this pair ranks #189,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of immo vs io

Shared letters: io. Private to "immo": m. Private to "io": -.

"immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "io" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immoimo · imom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "immo" for "io" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\i.mo\ versus \jo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "immo" vs "io" - which ranks higher?
"immo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,578 in our French list, against #23,588 for "io". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "immo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "io" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immo" and "io" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "io vs isi". 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 #189,062 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