produiraitvsproduisaitWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“produirait” and “produisait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,109
“produirait” frequency rank
#19,376
“produisait” frequency rank
55485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature produirait produisait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de produire. Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de produire.

Where the eye mixes produirait and produisait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. produirait and produisait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
produirait
10 ch
produisait

Visual trap between produirait and produisait

A purely visual mix-up. produirait (\pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ\) and produisait (\pʁɔ.dɥi.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 a single letter - r in “produirait” becomes s in “produisait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

produirait is recorded at frequency rank #36,109, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ\. produisait is at rank #19,376, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi.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 55485, this pair ranks #127,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of produirait vs produisait

Shared letters: adioprtu. Private to "produirait": -. Private to "produisait": s.

"produirait" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVVC  ·  "produisait" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • produiraitporduirait · pproduirait · prdouirait · prodduirait · prodiurait · produiarit · produiraitt · produirati
  • produisaitporduisait · pproduisait · prdouisait · prodduisait · prodiusait · produiasit · produisaitt · produisati

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "produirait" for "produisait" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ\ versus \pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "produirait" or "produisait"?
"produisait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,376 in our French list, against #36,109 for "produirait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "produirait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "produisait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "produirait" and "produisait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produirait vs produiront". 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 #127,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list