Which to use
“produise” and “produisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,836
- “produise” frequency rank
- #6,010
- “produisent” frequency rank
- 24846
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | produise | produisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de produire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de produire. |
Same sound, different letters: produise vs produisent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. produise runs 8 letters (CCVCVVCV) against produisent's 10 (CCVCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - produise and produisent
This is the hard kind. produise and produisent are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.dɥiz\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “produise” sits inside “produisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
produise is recorded at frequency rank #18,836, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥiz\. produisent is at rank #6,010, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥiz\.
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 24846, this pair ranks #344,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of produise vs produisent
Shared letters: deioprsu. Private to "produise": -. Private to "produisent": nt.
"produise" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV · "produisent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- produise ← porduise · pproduise · prdouise · prodduise · prodiuse · produies · produisse · produsie
- produisent ← porduisent · pproduisent · prdouisent · prodduisent · prodiusent · produiesnt · produisennt · produisentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "produise" for "produisent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "produise" vs "produisent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "produise" / "produisent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "produise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produise" and "produisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produis vs produise". 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 #344,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.