localiséesvslocaliserTell them apart

Quick tell: localisées is a adjective, localiser is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“localisées” is an adjective and “localiser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,023
“localisées” frequency rank
#11,608
“localiser” frequency rank
40631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature localisées localiser
Definition Féminin pluriel de localisé. Déterminer avec un certain degré de précision l’emplacement physique de quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

Same sound, different letters: localisées vs localiser

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. localisées runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against localiser's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
localisées
9 ch
localiser

Homophone desk: localisées vs localiser

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: localisées and localiser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \lɔ.ka.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

localisées is recorded at frequency rank #29,023, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.ka.li.ze\. localiser is at rank #11,608, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɔ.ka.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 40631, this pair ranks #239,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of localisées vs localiser

Shared letters: aceilos. Private to "localisées": é. Private to "localiser": r.

"localisées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC  ·  "localiser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • localiser ← lcoaliser · llocaliser · loacliser · locailser · localiesr · localiserr · localisre · localisser

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "localisées" and "localiser" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "localisées" is an adjective and "localiser" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "localisées" or "localiser" show up more?
"localiser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,608 in our French list, against #29,023 for "localisées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"localisées" and "localiser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "localisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "localiser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "localisées" and "localiser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "localise vs localisées". 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 #239,120 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