Which to use
“produire” and “produite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,969
- “produire” frequency rank
- #5,487
- “produite” frequency rank
- 7456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | produire | produite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Engendrer ; donner naissance. | Participe passé féminin singulier de produire. |
Where the eye mixes produire and produite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. produire and produite follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses produire with produite
A purely visual mix-up. produire (\pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\) and produite (\pʁɔ.dɥit\) 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 “produire” becomes t in “produite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
produire is recorded at frequency rank #1,969, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\. produite is at rank #5,487, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥit\.
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 7456, this pair ranks #423,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of produire vs produite
Shared letters: deiopru. Private to "produire": -. Private to "produite": t.
"produire" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV · "produite" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "produire" and "produite" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "produire" or "produite"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "produire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produire" and "produite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produis vs produite". 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 #423,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.