Which to use
“impacts” and “impôts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,673
- “impacts” frequency rank
- #2,368
- “impôts” frequency rank
- 12041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impacts | impôts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de impact. | Pluriel de impôt. |
Where the eye mixes impacts and impôts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: impacts vs impôts
A purely visual mix-up. impacts (\ɛ̃.pakt\) and impôts (\ɛ̃.po\) 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 12041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impacts is recorded at frequency rank #9,673, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pakt\. impôts is at rank #2,368, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.po\.
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 12041, this pair ranks #406,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of impacts vs impôts
Shared letters: impst. Private to "impacts": ac. Private to "impôts": ô.
"impacts" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC · "impôts" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- impacts ← imapcts · immpacts · impaccts · impacst · impactss · impactts · impatcs · impcats
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impacts" for "impôts" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "impacts" or "impôts" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "impacts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impôts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impacts" and "impôts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impacts vs impairs". 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 #406,817 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.