réaliséevsréaliserWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réalisée is a adjective, réaliser is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réalisée” is an adjective and “réaliser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,221
“réalisée” frequency rank
#1,677
“réaliser” frequency rank
4898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réalisée réaliser
Definition Féminin singulier de réalisé. Rendre réel et effectif ; construire, élaborer quelque chose qui était à l’état de projet, de pensée.

Same sound, different letters: réalisée vs réaliser

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

8 ch
réalisée
8 ch
réaliser

Ear matches; page differs - réalisée and réaliser

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: réalisée and réaliser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.a.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réalisée is recorded at frequency rank #3,221, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.a.li.ze\. réaliser is at rank #1,677, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.a.li.ze\.

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 4898, this pair ranks #430,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réalisée vs réaliser

Shared letters: aeilrsé. Private to "réalisée": -. Private to "réaliser": -.

"réalisée" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVV  ·  "réaliser" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réalisée" for "réaliser" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réalisée" is an adjective and "réaliser" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réalisée" or "réaliser"?
"réaliser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,677 in our French list, against #3,221 for "réalisée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "réalisée" / "réaliser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réalisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réaliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #430,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réalisée" and "réaliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réalisée vs relisez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #430,403 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