Which to use
“immortels” and “importées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,758
- “immortels” frequency rank
- #28,598
- “importées” frequency rank
- 49356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immortels | importées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif immortel. | Féminin pluriel de importé. |
Where the eye mixes immortels and importées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. immortels (VCCVCCVCC) and importées (VCCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses immortels with importées
A purely visual mix-up. immortels (\i.mɔʁ.tɛl\) and importées (\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 49356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immortels is recorded at frequency rank #20,758, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.mɔʁ.tɛl\. importées is at rank #28,598, 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 49356, this pair ranks #171,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immortels vs importées
Shared letters: eimorst. Private to "immortels": l. Private to "importées": pé.
"immortels" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "importées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- immortels ← immoretls · immorrtels · immortells · immortelss · immortesl · immortles · immorttels · immotrels
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "immortels" and "importées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "immortels" vs "importées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "immortels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "importées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immortels" and "importées" 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 #171,366 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.