Which to use
“produis” is a verb and “produit” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,529
- “produis” frequency rank
- #559
- “produit” frequency rank
- 48088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | produis | produit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de produire. | Résultat de l’activité humaine. |
Same sound, different letters: produis vs produit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. produis and produit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - produis / produit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: produis and produit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.dɥi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “produis” becomes t in “produit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
produis is recorded at frequency rank #47,529, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi\. produit is at rank #559, 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 48088, this pair ranks #181,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of produis vs produit
Shared letters: diopru. Private to "produis": s. Private to "produit": t.
"produis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "produit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "produis" and "produit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "produis" or "produit"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "produis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produis" and "produit" 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 #181,751 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.