immondevsimmuneTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,387
“immonde” frequency rank
#45,105
“immune” frequency rank
61492
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immonde immune
Definition Qui est impur, en fonction de critères et de dogmes religieux. Féminin singulier de immun.

Where the eye mixes immonde and immune

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
immonde
6 ch
immune

Look-alike desk: immonde vs immune

A purely visual mix-up. immonde (\i(m).mɔ̃d\) and immune (\i.myn\) 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 61492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immonde is recorded at frequency rank #16,387, classified as anadj, pronounced \i(m).mɔ̃d\. immune is at rank #45,105, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.myn\.

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 61492, this pair ranks #91,963 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of immonde vs immune

Shared letters: eimn. Private to "immonde": do. Private to "immune": u.

"immonde" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "immune" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immondeimmnode · immodne · immondde · immoned · immonnde · imomnde · imonde · mimonde
  • immuneimmnue · immuen · immunne · imumne · imune · mimune

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "immonde" and "immune" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\i(m).mɔ̃d\ versus \i.myn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "immonde" vs "immune" - which ranks higher?
"immonde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,387 in our French list, against #45,105 for "immune". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "immonde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,963 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immonde" and "immune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immune vs impuni". 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 #91,963 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