Which to use
“organisa” and “organisait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,383
- “organisa” frequency rank
- #22,960
- “organisait” frequency rank
- 56343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organisa | organisait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de organiser. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de organiser. |
Where the eye mixes organisa and organisait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. organisa runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against organisait's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: organisa vs organisait
A purely visual mix-up. organisa (\ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za\) and organisait (\ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.zɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “organisa” sits inside “organisait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organisa is recorded at frequency rank #33,383, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za\. organisait is at rank #22,960, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.zɛ\.
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 56343, this pair ranks #121,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of organisa vs organisait
Shared letters: aginors. Private to "organisa": -. Private to "organisait": t.
"organisa" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "organisait" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- organisa ← ogranisa · oragnisa · orgainsa · organias · organissa · organnisa · organsia · orgganisa
- organisait ← ogranisait · oragnisait · orgainsait · organiasit · organisaitt · organisati · organisiat · organissait
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "organisa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organisait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organisa" and "organisait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisa vs organisez". 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 #121,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.