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

#43,983
“immobilité” frequency rank
#41,340
“immoralité” frequency rank
85323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immobilité immoralité
Definition État de ce qui est immobile. Caractère de celui ou de ce qui est immoral.

Where the eye mixes immobilité and immoralité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. immobilité and immoralité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
immobilité
10 ch
immoralité

Visual trap between immobilité and immoralité

A purely visual mix-up. immobilité (\i.mɔ.bi.li.te\) and immoralité (\i.mɔ.ʁa.li.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immobilité is recorded at frequency rank #43,983, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.mɔ.bi.li.te\. immoralité is at rank #41,340, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.mɔ.ʁa.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 85323, this pair ranks #11,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of immobilité vs immoralité

Shared letters: ilmoté. Private to "immobilité": b. Private to "immoralité": ar.

"immobilité" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV  ·  "immoralité" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "immobilité" for "immoralité" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\i.mɔ.bi.li.te\ versus \i.mɔ.ʁa.li.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "immobilité" vs "immoralité" - which ranks higher?
"immoralité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,340 in our French list, against #43,983 for "immobilité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "immobilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immoralité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immobilité" and "immoralité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immobilise vs immobilité". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #11,532 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