Which to use
“imprimée” is an adjective and “imprimer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,651
- “imprimée” frequency rank
- #7,579
- “imprimer” frequency rank
- 23230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprimée | imprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de imprimé. | Faire ou laisser une empreinte sur quelque chose, y marquer des traits, une figure. |
Same sound, different letters: imprimée vs imprimer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. imprimée (VCCCVCVV) and imprimer (VCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - imprimée and imprimer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: imprimée and imprimer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprimée is recorded at frequency rank #15,651, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. imprimer is at rank #7,579, tagged as averb, 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 23230, this pair ranks #353,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of imprimée vs imprimer
Shared letters: eimpr. Private to "imprimée": é. Private to "imprimer": -.
"imprimée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "imprimer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imprimer ← immprimer · impirmer · impprimer · impriemr · imprimerr · imprimmer · imprimre · imprmier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "imprimée" and "imprimer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "imprimée" or "imprimer"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprimée" and "imprimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprimer vs imprimeurs". 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 #353,681 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.