produisvsproduitWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: produis is a verb, produit is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
produis
7 ch
produit

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

  • produisporduis · pproduis · prdouis · prodduis · prodius · produiss · produsi · proudis
  • produitporduit · pproduit · prdouit · prodduit · prodiut · produitt · produti · proudit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "produis" and "produit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "produis" is a verb and "produit" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "produis" or "produit"?
"produit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #559 in our French list, against #47,529 for "produis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list