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

#12,839
“produisant” frequency rank
#49,869
“produisons” frequency rank
62708
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature produisant produisons
Definition Participe présent de produire. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de produire.

Where the eye mixes produisant and produisons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. produisant and produisons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
produisant
10 ch
produisons

Why the eye confuses produisant with produisons

A purely visual mix-up. produisant (\pʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃\) and produisons (\pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

produisant is recorded at frequency rank #12,839, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃\. produisons is at rank #49,869, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃\.

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 62708, this pair ranks #85,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of produisant vs produisons

Shared letters: dinoprsu. Private to "produisant": at. Private to "produisons": -.

"produisant" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC  ·  "produisons" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • produisant ← porduisant · pproduisant · prdouisant · prodduisant · prodiusant · produiasnt · produisannt · produisantt
  • produisons ← porduisons · pproduisons · prdouisons · prodduisons · prodiusons · produiosns · produisnos · produisonns

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "produisant" for "produisons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃\ versus \pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "produisant" vs "produisons" - which ranks higher?
"produisant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,839 in our French list, against #49,869 for "produisons". 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 "produisant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "produisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "produisant" and "produisons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produiront vs produisons". 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 #85,736 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