Which to use
“actualisée” and “actualiser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,581
- “actualisée” frequency rank
- #34,393
- “actualiser” frequency rank
- 74974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actualisée | actualiser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe actualiser. | Concrétiser, réaliser, faire passer une chose du virtuel au réel (ou plutôt à l’actuel, au sens philosophique ou ancien). |
Same sound, different letters: actualisée vs actualiser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - actualisée / actualiser
This is the hard kind. actualisée and actualiser are pronounced identically (\ak.tɥa.li.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
actualisée is recorded at frequency rank #40,581, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.tɥa.li.ze\. actualiser is at rank #34,393, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.tɥa.li.ze\.
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 74974, this pair ranks #35,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of actualisée vs actualiser
Shared letters: aceilstu. Private to "actualisée": é. Private to "actualiser": r.
"actualisée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVV · "actualiser" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- actualiser ← acctualiser · actauliser · acttualiser · actuailser · actualiesr · actualiserr · actualisre · actualisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "actualisée" for "actualiser" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "actualisée" or "actualiser" show up more?
What to do next
"actualisée" and "actualiser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "actualisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "actualiser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actualisée" and "actualiser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actualisée vs actualités". 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 #35,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.