Which to use
“imprimé” is a noun and “imprimée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,071
- “imprimé” frequency rank
- #15,651
- “imprimée” frequency rank
- 22722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprimé | imprimée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Livre imprimé. | Féminin singulier de imprimé. |
Same sound, different letters: imprimé vs imprimée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. imprimé runs 7 letters (VCCCVCV) against imprimée's 8 (VCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - imprimé / imprimée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: imprimé and imprimée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. 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) - “imprimé” sits inside “imprimée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprimé is recorded at frequency rank #7,071, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. imprimée is at rank #15,651, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\.
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 22722, this pair ranks #356,502 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of imprimé vs imprimée
Shared letters: impré. Private to "imprimé": -. Private to "imprimée": e.
"imprimé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "imprimée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imprimé" and "imprimée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "imprimé" or "imprimée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,502 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprimé" and "imprimée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprimée vs imprimées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #356,502 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.