produisentvsproduisonsConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
produisent
10 ch
produisons

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

  • produisentporduisent · pproduisent · prdouisent · prodduisent · prodiusent · produiesnt · produisennt · produisentt
  • produisonsporduisons · pproduisons · prdouisons · prodduisons · prodiusons · produiosns · produisnos · produisonns

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "produisent" and "produisons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.dɥiz\ versus \pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "produisent" or "produisons" show up more?
"produisent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,010 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list