Which to use
“productives” and “productrices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,727
- “productives” frequency rank
- #40,934
- “productrices” frequency rank
- 65661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | productives | productrices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de productif. | Féminin pluriel de producteur. |
Where the eye mixes productives and productrices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. productives runs 11 letters (CCVCVCCVCVC) against productrices's 12 (CCVCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: productives vs productrices
A purely visual mix-up. productives (\pʁɔ.dyk.tiv\) and productrices (\pʁɔ.dyk.tʁis\) 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 65661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
productives is recorded at frequency rank #24,727, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.dyk.tiv\. productrices is at rank #40,934, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.dyk.tʁis\.
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 65661, this pair ranks #71,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of productives vs productrices
Shared letters: cdeioprstu. Private to "productives": v. Private to "productrices": -.
"productives" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVC · "productrices" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- productives ← porductives · pproductives · prdouctives · prodcutives · prodductives · producctives · producitves · productievs
- productrices ← porductrices · pproductrices · prdouctrices · prodcutrices · prodductrices · producctrices · producrtices · productirces
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "productives" and "productrices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "productives" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "productrices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "productives" and "productrices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "productrices vs protectrices". 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 #71,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.