impriméesvsimprimeurConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
imprimées
9 ch
imprimeur

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?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.pʁi.me\ versus \ɛ̃.pʁi.mœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "imprimées" or "imprimeur"?
"imprimeur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,389 in our French list, against #22,295 for "imprimées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list