Which to use
“immobiliser” is a verb and “immobilité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,211
- “immobiliser” frequency rank
- #43,983
- “immobilité” frequency rank
- 74194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immobiliser | immobilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maintenir dans l’immobilité. | État de ce qui est immobile. |
Where the eye mixes immobiliser and immobilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. immobiliser runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCVCVC) against immobilité's 10 (VCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses immobiliser with immobilité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: immobiliser is \i(m).mɔ.bi.li.ze\ while immobilité is \i.mɔ.bi.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immobiliser is recorded at frequency rank #30,211, classified as averb, pronounced \i(m).mɔ.bi.li.ze\. immobilité is at rank #43,983, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.mɔ.bi.li.te\.
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 74194, this pair ranks #37,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of immobiliser vs immobilité
Shared letters: bilmo. Private to "immobiliser": ers. Private to "immobilité": té.
"immobiliser" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC · "immobilité" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- immobiliser ← immboiliser · immobbiliser · immobiilser · immobiliserr · immobilisre · immobilisser · immobilliser · immobilsier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "immobiliser" for "immobilité" ever safe?
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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 "immobiliser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "immobilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immobiliser" and "immobilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immobilise vs immobilité". 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 #37,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.