Which to use
“produise” and “produite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,836
- “produise” frequency rank
- #5,487
- “produite” frequency rank
- 24323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | produise | produite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de produire. | Participe passé féminin singulier de produire. |
Where the eye mixes produise and produite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. produise and produite follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses produise with produite
A purely visual mix-up. produise (\pʁɔ.dɥiz\) and produite (\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 a single letter - s in “produise” becomes t in “produite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24323, 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\. produite is at rank #5,487, 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 24323, this pair ranks #347,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of produise vs produite
Shared letters: deiopru. Private to "produise": s. Private to "produite": t.
"produise" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV · "produite" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "produise" for "produite" ever safe?
Which is more common, "produise" or "produite"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "produise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produise" and "produite" 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 #347,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.