Which to use
“imprimées” and “imprimeur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,295
- “imprimées” frequency rank
- #16,389
- “imprimeur” frequency rank
- 38684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprimées | imprimeur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de imprimé. | Qui imprime. |
Where the eye mixes imprimées and imprimeur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imprimées and imprimeur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: imprimées vs imprimeur
A purely visual mix-up. imprimées (\ɛ̃.pʁi.me\) and imprimeur (\ɛ̃.pʁi.mœʁ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprimées is recorded at frequency rank #22,295, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. imprimeur is at rank #16,389, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.mœʁ\.
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 38684, this pair ranks #253,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imprimées vs imprimeur
Shared letters: eimpr. Private to "imprimées": sé. Private to "imprimeur": u.
"imprimées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "imprimeur" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imprimeur ← immprimeur · impirmeur · impprimeur · impriemur · imprimeru · imprimeurr · imprimmeur · imprimuer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "imprimées" and "imprimeur" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "imprimées" or "imprimeur"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "imprimées" and "imprimeur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprimées" and "imprimeur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprimées 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 #253,542 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.