utilisant

\y.ti.li.zɑ̃\

/\y.ti.li.zɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“utilisant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,112
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe utiliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-utilisant · utilisant · French

utilisant · rank #3,112 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,112
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH trouvez

Nearest frequency peer: trouvez (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « utilisant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « utilisant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

utilisant vs utilisent
89% similar
utilisant vs utilisons
78% similar
utilisant vs utilisa
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for utilisant
PropertyValue
Headwordutilisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\y.ti.li.zɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,112
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « utilisant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).utilisantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « trouvez » (#3,111), « ventre » (#3,113), « troubles » (#3,110). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « utilisant » est au #3,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around utilisant (IPA \y.ti.li.zɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,112 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent du verbe utiliser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for utilisant, with forms such as "tuilisant", "uitlisant", and "utiilsant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "utilisent", "utilisons", "utilisa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is utilisant, spelled U-T-I-L-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent du verbe utiliser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how utilisant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous insistons sur les possibilités multi-plateformes de Python et présentons les bases pour étendre Python et l’intégrer dans d’autres applications en utilisant C ou Java.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tuilisant
  • uitlisant
  • utiilsant
  • utiliasnt
  • utilisannt
  • utilisantt
  • utilisatn
  • utilisnat
  • utilissant
  • utillisant
  • utilsiant
  • utliisant
  • uttilisant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of utilisant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

tuilisant2uitlisant2utiilsant2utiliasnt2utilisannt1utilisantt1utilisatn2utilisnat2
Edit distance from "utilisant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "utilisant"?
"utilisant" is spelled U-T-I-L-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ti.li.zɑ̃\.
What does "utilisant" mean?
As a verb, "utilisant" means: Participe présent du verbe utiliser.
What words are commonly confused with "utilisant"?
"utilisant" is commonly confused with "utilisent", "utilisons", "utilisa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "utilisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "utilisant" is \y.ti.li.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "utilisant" come from?
"utilisant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "utilisant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

signature#3,105combattre#3,127pouvaient#3,097montagnes#3,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

culturelle13 variantsdifficiles13 variantsfavorable13 variantsparticipe13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list