immoralevsimmoralitéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: immorale is a adjective, immoralité is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“immorale” is an adjective and “immoralité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,830
“immorale” frequency rank
#41,340
“immoralité” frequency rank
83170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immorale immoralité
Definition Féminin singulier de immoral. Caractère de celui ou de ce qui est immoral.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set immorale and immoralité apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
immorale
10 ch
immoralité

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: immorale is \i.mɔ.ʁal\ while immoralité is \i.mɔ.ʁa.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immorale is recorded at frequency rank #41,830, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔ.ʁal\. 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 83170, this pair ranks #15,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of immorale vs immoralité

Shared letters: ailmor. Private to "immorale": e. Private to "immoralité": .

"immorale" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "immoralité" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immoraleimmoarle · immorael · immoralle · immorlae · immorrale · immroale · imomrale · imorale

Frequency comparison

immorale#41,830
immoralité#41,340

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "immorale" and "immoralité" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "immorale" is an adjective and "immoralité" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "immorale" or "immoralité"?
"immoralité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,340 in our French list, against #41,830 for "immorale". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering immorale vs immoralité

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “immorale”; for a noun, it's “immoralité”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “immorale” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list