Which to use
“produisent” and “produisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,010
- “produisent” frequency rank
- #49,869
- “produisons” frequency rank
- 55879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | produisent | produisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de produire. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de produire. |
Where the eye mixes produisent and produisons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. produisent and produisons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: produisent vs produisons
A purely visual mix-up. produisent (\pʁɔ.dɥiz\) 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 55879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
produisent is recorded at frequency rank #6,010, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥiz\. 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 55879, this pair ranks #124,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of produisent vs produisons
Shared letters: dinoprsu. Private to "produisent": et. Private to "produisons": -.
"produisent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC · "produisons" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- produisent ← porduisent · pproduisent · prdouisent · prodduisent · prodiusent · produiesnt · produisennt · produisentt
- produisons ← porduisons · pproduisons · prdouisons · prodduisons · prodiusons · produiosns · produisnos · produisonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "produisent" and "produisons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "produisent" or "produisons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "produisent" 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 #124,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produisent" 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 #124,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.