produisevsproduitesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#18,836
“produise” frequency rank
#8,910
“produites” frequency rank
27746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature produise produites
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de produire. Participe passé féminin pluriel de produire.

Where the eye mixes produise and produites

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. produise runs 8 letters (CCVCVVCV) against produites's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
produise
9 ch
produites

Visual trap between produise and produites

A purely visual mix-up. produise (\pʁɔ.dɥiz\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27746, 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\. 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 27746, this pair ranks #327,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of produise vs produites

Shared letters: deioprsu. Private to "produise": -. Private to "produites": t.

"produise" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV  ·  "produites" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • produiseporduise · pproduise · prdouise · prodduise · prodiuse · produies · produisse · produsie
  • produitesporduites · pproduites · prdouites · prodduites · prodiutes · produiets · produitess · produitse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "produise" and "produites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.dɥiz\ versus \pʁɔ.dɥit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "produise" 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 #18,836 for "produise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "produites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #327,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "produise" and "produites" 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 #327,055 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