produitevsproduitesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,487
“produite” frequency rank
#8,910
“produites” frequency rank
14397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature produite produites
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de produire. Participe passé féminin pluriel de produire.

Same sound, different letters: produite vs produites

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. produite 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
produite
9 ch
produites

Ear matches; page differs - produite and produites

This is the hard kind. produite and produites are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.dɥit\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “produite” sits inside “produites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

produite is recorded at frequency rank #5,487, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥit\. 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 14397, this pair ranks #396,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of produite vs produites

Shared letters: deioprtu. Private to "produite": -. Private to "produites": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • produiteporduite · pproduite · prdouite · prodduite · prodiute · produiet · produitte · produtie
  • produitesporduites · pproduites · prdouites · prodduites · prodiutes · produiets · produitess · produitse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "produite" and "produites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁɔ.dɥit\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "produite" or "produites"?
"produite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,487 in our French list, against #8,910 for "produites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "produite" 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 #396,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "produite" and "produites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produis vs produites". 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 #396,864 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