Which to use
“imposée” and “imposées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,976
- “imposée” frequency rank
- #10,337
- “imposées” frequency rank
- 18313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imposée | imposées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de imposé. | Féminin pluriel de imposé. |
Same sound, different letters: imposée vs imposées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. imposée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against imposées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: imposée vs imposées
This is the hard kind. imposée and imposées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.po.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “imposée” sits inside “imposées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imposée is recorded at frequency rank #7,976, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.po.ze\. imposées is at rank #10,337, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.po.ze\.
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 18313, this pair ranks #378,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of imposée vs imposées
Shared letters: eimopsé. Private to "imposée": -. Private to "imposées": -.
"imposée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "imposées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "imposée" and "imposées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "imposée" or "imposées"?
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 "imposée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imposées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imposée" and "imposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impasses vs imposées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #378,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.