Which to use
“immobile” and “immobilier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,701
- “immobile” frequency rank
- #2,578
- “immobilier” frequency rank
- 17279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immobile | immobilier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui ne se meut pas. | Qui est immeuble ou composé de biens immeubles. |
Where the eye mixes immobile and immobilier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. immobile runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against immobilier's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: immobile vs immobilier
A purely visual mix-up. immobile (\i.mɔ.bil\) and immobilier (\i.mɔ.bi.lje\) 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 17279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immobile is recorded at frequency rank #14,701, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔ.bil\. immobilier is at rank #2,578, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔ.bi.lje\.
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 17279, this pair ranks #383,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of immobile vs immobilier
Shared letters: beilmo. Private to "immobile": -. Private to "immobilier": r.
"immobile" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "immobilier" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- immobile ← immboile · immobbile · immobiel · immobille · immoblie · immoible · imobile · imombile
- immobilier ← immboilier · immobbilier · immobiiler · immobileir · immobilierr · immobilire · immobillier · immobliier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "immobile" for "immobilier" ever safe?
Frequency check: "immobile" vs "immobilier" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "immobile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "immobilier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immobile" and "immobilier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immobile vs immobilise". 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 #383,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.