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

#47,529
“produis” frequency rank
#8,910
“produites” frequency rank
56439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature produis produites
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de produire. Participe passé féminin pluriel de produire.

Where the eye mixes produis and produites

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. produis runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against produites's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
produis
9 ch
produites

Look-alike desk: produis vs produites

A purely visual mix-up. produis (\pʁɔ.dɥi\) and produites (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56439, 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\. produites is at rank #8,910, 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 56439, this pair ranks #121,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of produis vs produites

Shared letters: dioprsu. Private to "produis": -. Private to "produites": et.

"produis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "produites" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • produisporduis · pproduis · prdouis · prodduis · prodius · produiss · produsi · proudis
  • produitesporduites · pproduites · prdouites · prodduites · prodiutes · produiets · produitess · produitse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "produis" and "produites" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.dɥi\ versus \pʁɔ.dɥit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "produis" vs "produites" - which ranks higher?
"produites" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,910 in our French list, against #47,529 for "produis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "produis" and "produites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "produis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "produites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "produis" and "produites" 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 #121,091 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