Which to use
“immortel” and “importée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,906
- “immortel” frequency rank
- #28,995
- “importée” frequency rank
- 45901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immortel | importée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas sujet à la mort. | Féminin singulier de importé. |
Where the eye mixes immortel and importée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. immortel (VCCVCCVC) and importée (VCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses immortel with importée
A purely visual mix-up. immortel (\i.mɔʁ.tɛl\) and importée (\ɛ̃.pɔʁ.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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immortel is recorded at frequency rank #16,906, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔʁ.tɛl\. importée is at rank #28,995, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.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 45901, this pair ranks #199,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immortel vs importée
Shared letters: eimort. Private to "immortel": l. Private to "importée": pé.
"immortel" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "importée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- immortel ← immoretl · immorrtel · immortell · immortle · immorttel · immotrel · immrotel · imomrtel
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "immortel" and "importée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "immortel" vs "importée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "immortel" and "importée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "immortel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immortel" and "importée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "importée vs importées". 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 #199,175 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.