Which to use
“product” is a noun and “produis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,486
- “product” frequency rank
- #47,529
- “produis” frequency rank
- 86015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | product | produis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Produit. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de produire. |
Where the eye mixes product and produis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. product (CCVCVCC) and produis (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between product and produis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: product is \ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt\ while produis is \pʁɔ.dɥi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
product is recorded at frequency rank #38,486, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt\. produis is at rank #47,529, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi\.
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 86015, this pair ranks #10,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of product vs produis
Shared letters: dopru. Private to "product": ct. Private to "produis": is.
"product" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC · "produis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "product" and "produis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "product" or "produis" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "product" and "produis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "product" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "product" and "produis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédis vs produis". 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 #10,388 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.