utiliser
\y.ti.li.ze\
The verdict
“utiliser” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #763
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-utiliser · utiliser · French
utiliser · rank #763 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #763
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH œuvre
Nearest frequency peer: œuvre (+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 « utiliser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- social
social
99,241 corpus weight
- sorte
sorte
99,240 corpus weight
- utiliser
utiliser
99,238 corpus weight
- œuvre
œuvre
99,237 corpus weight
- accès
accès
99,236 corpus weight
- commission
commission
99,235 corpus weight
What this shows « utiliser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | utiliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \y.ti.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « utiliser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around utiliser (IPA \y.ti.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #763 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for utiliser, with forms such as "tuiliser", "uitliser", and "utiilser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "utilité", "utilisés", "utilisez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is utiliser, spelled U-T-I-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de.
- 2Rendre quelque chose utile ou s’en servir dans un but précis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how utiliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sans cesse sur le pont, ajustant les écoutes de mes voiles pour en obtenir le meilleur rendement, utilisant chaque souffle de vent, j'avais réussi à conserver la vitesse d'à peu près un nœud.
Les producteurs n’utilisent aucun produit chimique et emploient comme engrais du fumier, de l’écalure de café et du tourteau de ricin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tuiliser
- uitliser
- utiilser
- utiliesr
- utiliserr
- utilisre
- utilisser
- utilliser
- utilsier
- utliiser
- uttiliser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of utiliser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).