Which to use
“product” and “produits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,486
- “product” frequency rank
- #589
- “produits” frequency rank
- 39075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | product | produits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Produit. | Pluriel de produit. |
Where the eye mixes product and produits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. product runs 7 letters (CCVCVCC) against produits's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: product vs produits
A purely visual mix-up. product (\ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt\) and produits (\pʁɔ.dɥi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39075, 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\. produits is at rank #589, tagged as anoun, 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 39075, this pair ranks #250,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of product vs produits
Shared letters: doprtu. Private to "product": c. Private to "produits": is.
"product" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC · "produits" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "product" for "produits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "product" vs "produits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "product" and "produits" 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 "produits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "product" and "produits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "product vs protect". 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 #250,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.