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

#2,578
“immobilier” frequency rank
#15,410
“immobilières” frequency rank
17988
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immobilier immobilières
Definition Qui est immeuble ou composé de biens immeubles. Féminin pluriel de immobilier.

Where the eye mixes immobilier and immobilières

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. immobilier runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against immobilières's 12 (VCCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
immobilier
12 ch
immobilières

Look-alike desk: immobilier vs immobilières

A purely visual mix-up. immobilier (\i.mɔ.bi.lje\) and immobilières (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17988, 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\. immobilières is at rank #15,410, 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 17988, this pair ranks #380,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of immobilier vs immobilières

Shared letters: beilmor. Private to "immobilier": -. Private to "immobilières": sè.

"immobilier" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC  ·  "immobilières" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "immobilier" and "immobilières" 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.
Which is more common, "immobilier" or "immobilières"?
"immobilier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,578 in our French list, against #15,410 for "immobilières". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "immobilier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immobilières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #380,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immobilier" and "immobilières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immobilier 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 #380,526 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