Which to use
“imprégnée” and “imprégnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,850
- “imprégnée” frequency rank
- #47,953
- “imprégnés” frequency rank
- 86803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprégnée | imprégnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de imprégné. | Masculin pluriel de imprégné. |
Same sound, different letters: imprégnée vs imprégnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. imprégnée (VCCCVCCVV) and imprégnés (VCCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - imprégnée / imprégnés
This is the hard kind. imprégnée and imprégnés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲe\) 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 a single letter - e in “imprégnée” becomes s in “imprégnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprégnée is recorded at frequency rank #38,850, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲe\. imprégnés is at rank #47,953, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁe.ɲe\.
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 86803, this pair ranks #9,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imprégnée vs imprégnés
Shared letters: gimnpré. Private to "imprégnée": e. Private to "imprégnés": s.
"imprégnée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "imprégnés" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imprégnée" and "imprégnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "imprégnée" vs "imprégnés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "imprégnée" / "imprégnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "imprégnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprégnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprégnée" and "imprégnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprégnés vs imprévues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,153 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.