Which to use
“immobiles” and “immobilier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,730
- “immobiles” frequency rank
- #2,578
- “immobilier” frequency rank
- 36308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immobiles | immobilier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de immobile. | Qui est immeuble ou composé de biens immeubles. |
Where the eye mixes immobiles and immobilier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. immobiles runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against immobilier's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between immobiles and immobilier
A purely visual mix-up. immobiles (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immobiles is recorded at frequency rank #33,730, 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 36308, this pair ranks #270,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immobiles vs immobilier
Shared letters: beilmo. Private to "immobiles": s. Private to "immobilier": r.
"immobiles" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "immobilier" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- immobiles ← immboiles · immobbiles · immobiels · immobiless · immobilles · immobilse · immoblies · immoibles
- immobilier ← immboilier · immobbilier · immobiiler · immobileir · immobilierr · immobilire · immobillier · immobliier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "immobiles" and "immobilier" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "immobiles" or "immobilier" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "immobiles" and "immobilier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "immobiles" 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 #270,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immobiles" and "immobilier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immobiles 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 #270,515 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.