réaliservsréalisésTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#1,677
“réaliser” frequency rank
#4,800
“réalisés” frequency rank
6477
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: réaliser vs réalisés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

8 ch
réaliser
8 ch
réalisés

Homophone desk: réaliser vs réalisés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: réaliser and réalisés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.a.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 6477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réaliser is recorded at frequency rank #1,677, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.a.li.ze\. réalisés is at rank #4,800, tagged as anadj, 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 6477, this pair ranks #426,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réaliser vs réalisés

Shared letters: ailrsé. Private to "réaliser": e. Private to "réalisés": -.

"réaliser" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "réalisés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réaliser" for "réalisés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réaliser" is a verb and "réalisés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réaliser" vs "réalisés" - which ranks higher?
"réaliser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,677 in our French list, against #4,800 for "réalisés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"réaliser" and "réalisés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réaliser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réalisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #426,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réaliser" and "réalisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réalisés vs réalisons". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #426,123 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