immovsitoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: immo is a noun, ito is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“immo” is a noun and “ito” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,578
“immo” frequency rank
#42,956
“ito” frequency rank
66534
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immo ito
Definition Abréviation de immobilisation. (se) Noyer, (s') asphyxier, (s') étouffer.

Letter map: immo vs ito

Shared letters muted; letters that set immo and ito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
immo
3 ch
ito

Role in the sentence - immo and ito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: immo is anoun and itoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66534, 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\. ito is at rank #42,956, tagged as averb.

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 66534, this pair ranks #67,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of immo vs ito

Shared letters: io. Private to "immo": m. Private to "ito": t.

"immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ito" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immoimo · imom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "immo" and "ito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "immo" is a noun and "ito" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "immo" vs "ito" - which ranks higher?
"immo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,578 in our French list, against #42,956 for "ito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "immo" and "ito".

  • Full dictionary entry for "immo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immo" and "ito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi vs ito". 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 #67,397 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