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.
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
- immo ← imo · imom · mimo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "immo" for "io" ever safe?
Frequency check: "immo" vs "io" - which ranks higher?
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.