imprimésvsimprimeursWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“imprimés” and “imprimeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,893
“imprimés” frequency rank
#33,732
“imprimeurs” frequency rank
44625
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imprimés imprimeurs
Definition Masculin pluriel de imprimé. Masculin pluriel de imprimeur.

Where the eye mixes imprimés and imprimeurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. imprimés runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVC) against imprimeurs's 10 (VCCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
imprimés
10 ch
imprimeurs

Why the eye confuses imprimés with imprimeurs

A purely visual mix-up. imprimés (\ɛ̃.pʁi.me\) and imprimeurs (\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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imprimés is recorded at frequency rank #10,893, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.me\. imprimeurs is at rank #33,732, 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 44625, this pair ranks #209,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of imprimés vs imprimeurs

Shared letters: imprs. Private to "imprimés": é. Private to "imprimeurs": eu.

"imprimés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "imprimeurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imprimeurs ← immprimeurs · impirmeurs · impprimeurs · impriemurs · imprimerus · imprimeurrs · imprimeurss · imprimeusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "imprimés" and "imprimeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "imprimés" vs "imprimeurs" - which ranks higher?
"imprimés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,893 in our French list, against #33,732 for "imprimeurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "imprimés" and "imprimeurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imprimés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "imprimeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #209,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imprimés" and "imprimeurs" 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 #209,043 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