Which to use
“impériale” is a noun and “impériales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,450
- “impériale” frequency rank
- #23,898
- “impériales” frequency rank
- 31348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impériale | impériales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Monnaie d’or du poids de quatre deniers quatre grains (100 grains, ou grammes 5,32) et au titre de vingt-trois carats trois quarts (0, 99). | Féminin pluriel de impérial. |
Same sound, different letters: impériale vs impériales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. impériale runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCV) against impériales's 10 (VCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - impériale and impériales
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: impériale and impériales carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “impériale” sits inside “impériales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impériale is recorded at frequency rank #7,450, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\. impériales is at rank #23,898, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\.
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 31348, this pair ranks #304,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impériale vs impériales
Shared letters: aeilmpré. Private to "impériale": -. Private to "impériales": s.
"impériale" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "impériales" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impériale" for "impériales" ever safe?
Which is more common, "impériale" or "impériales"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "impériale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impériales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impériale" and "impériales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impartiale vs impériale". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #304,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.