Which to use
“impactés” is a verb and “impacts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,808
- “impactés” frequency rank
- #9,673
- “impacts” frequency rank
- 50481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impactés | impacts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe impacter. | Pluriel de impact. |
Where the eye mixes impactés and impacts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. impactés runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against impacts's 7 (VCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between impactés and impacts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: impactés is \ɛ̃.pak.te\ while impacts is \ɛ̃.pakt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impactés is recorded at frequency rank #40,808, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pak.te\. impacts is at rank #9,673, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pakt\.
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 50481, this pair ranks #162,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impactés vs impacts
Shared letters: acimpst. Private to "impactés": é. Private to "impacts": -.
"impactés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "impacts" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- impacts ← imapcts · immpacts · impaccts · impacst · impactss · impactts · impatcs · impcats
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impactés" for "impacts" ever safe?
Which is more common, "impactés" or "impacts"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "impactés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impacts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impactés" and "impacts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impactés vs impasses". 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 #162,283 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.