Which to use
“localiser” is a verb and “localisés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,608
- “localiser” frequency rank
- #25,031
- “localisés” frequency rank
- 36639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | localiser | localisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déterminer avec un certain degré de précision l’emplacement physique de quelqu’un ou quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel de localisé. |
Same sound, different letters: localiser vs localisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. localiser and localisés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: localiser vs localisés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: localiser and localisés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \lɔ.ka.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
localiser is recorded at frequency rank #11,608, classified as averb, pronounced \lɔ.ka.li.ze\. localisés is at rank #25,031, tagged as anadj, 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 36639, this pair ranks #268,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of localiser vs localisés
Shared letters: acilos. Private to "localiser": er. Private to "localisés": é.
"localiser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "localisés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- localiser ← lcoaliser · llocaliser · loacliser · locailser · localiesr · localiserr · localisre · localisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "localiser" and "localisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "localiser" or "localisés"?
What to do next
"localiser" and "localisés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "localiser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "localisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "localiser" and "localisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "localise vs localisés". 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 #268,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.