Which to use
“imputable” and “imputables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,361
- “imputable” frequency rank
- #34,569
- “imputables” frequency rank
- 59930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imputable | imputables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut, qui doit être imputé. | Pluriel de imputable. |
Same sound, different letters: imputable vs imputables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - imputable / imputables
This is the hard kind. imputable and imputables are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.py.tabl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “imputable” sits inside “imputables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imputable is recorded at frequency rank #25,361, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.py.tabl\. imputables is at rank #34,569, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.py.tabl\.
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 59930, this pair ranks #100,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imputable vs imputables
Shared letters: abeilmptu. Private to "imputable": -. Private to "imputables": s.
"imputable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "imputables" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imputable ← immputable · impputable · imptuable · impuatble · imputabble · imputabel · imputablle · imputalbe
- imputables ← immputables · impputables · imptuables · impuatbles · imputabbles · imputabels · imputabless · imputablles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imputable" and "imputables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "imputable" or "imputables" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "imputable" / "imputables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "imputable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imputables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imputable" and "imputables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immuables vs imputables". 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 #100,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.