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

#2,578
“immobilier” frequency rank
#9,496
“immobilière” frequency rank
12074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immobilier immobilière
Definition Qui est immeuble ou composé de biens immeubles. Féminin singulier de immobilier.

Where the eye mixes immobilier and immobilière

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. immobilier runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against immobilière's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
immobilier
11 ch
immobilière

Visual trap between immobilier and immobilière

A purely visual mix-up. immobilier (\i.mɔ.bi.lje\) and immobilière (\i.mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\) 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 12074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immobilier is recorded at frequency rank #2,578, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔ.bi.lje\. immobilière is at rank #9,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\.

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 12074, this pair ranks #406,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of immobilier vs immobilière

Shared letters: beilmor. Private to "immobilier": -. Private to "immobilière": è.

"immobilier" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC  ·  "immobilière" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immobilier ← immboilier · immobbilier · immobiiler · immobileir · immobilierr · immobilire · immobillier · immobliier

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "immobilier" and "immobilière" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\i.mɔ.bi.lje\ versus \i.mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "immobilier" vs "immobilière" - which ranks higher?
"immobilier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,578 in our French list, against #9,496 for "immobilière". 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 "immobilier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immobilière" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #406,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immobilier" and "immobilière" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immobilière 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 #406,692 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