Which to use
“impôt” and “impro” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,227
- “impôt” frequency rank
- #29,390
- “impro” frequency rank
- 31617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impôt | impro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prélèvement pécuniaire, établi par la loi, obligatoire et sans contrepartie directe, perçu par l’État ou les collectivités publiques afin de financer les dépenses publiques. | Improvisation. |
Where the eye mixes impôt and impro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses impôt with impro
A purely visual mix-up. impôt (\ɛ̃.po\) and impro (\ɛ̃.pʁo\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impôt is recorded at frequency rank #2,227, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.po\. impro is at rank #29,390, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁo\.
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 31617, this pair ranks #302,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impôt vs impro
Shared letters: imp. Private to "impôt": tô. Private to "impro": or.
"impôt" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "impro" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- impro ← immpro · impor · imppro · imprro · imrpo · ipmro · mipro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impôt" for "impro" ever safe?
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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 "impôt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impôt" and "impro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impec vs impro". 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 #302,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.