Which to use
“produites” is a verb and “produits” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,910
- “produites” frequency rank
- #589
- “produits” frequency rank
- 9499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | produites | produits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de produire. | Pluriel de produit. |
Where the eye mixes produites and produits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. produites runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCVC) against produits's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses produites with produits
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: produites is \pʁɔ.dɥit\ while produits is \pʁɔ.dɥi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
produites is recorded at frequency rank #8,910, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥit\. produits is at rank #589, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥi\.
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 9499, this pair ranks #416,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of produites vs produits
Shared letters: dioprstu. Private to "produites": e. Private to "produits": -.
"produites" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC · "produits" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "produites" and "produits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "produites" or "produits"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "produites" and "produits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "produites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produites" and "produits" 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 #416,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.