Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "immobilité" vs "immoralité" - which ranks higher?
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 "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.