Which to use
“réalisés” is an adjective and “réalisme” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,800
- “réalisés” frequency rank
- #9,071
- “réalisme” frequency rank
- 13871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réalisés | réalisme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de réalisé. | Doctrine platonicienne, diversement interprétée et modifiée au Moyen Âge et après, selon laquelle les idées sont des êtres réels, dont les êtres individuels et sensibles ne sont que le reflet et l’image. En ce sens il s’oppose à nominalisme. Dans certaines autres doctrines de la philosophie moderne, il s’oppose à idéalisme. |
Where the eye mixes réalisés and réalisme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. réalisés (CVVCVCVC) and réalisme (CVVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between réalisés and réalisme
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réalisés is \ʁe.a.li.ze\ while réalisme is \ʁe.a.lism\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réalisés is recorded at frequency rank #4,800, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.a.li.ze\. réalisme is at rank #9,071, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.a.lism\.
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 13871, this pair ranks #399,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of réalisés vs réalisme
Shared letters: ailrsé. Private to "réalisés": -. Private to "réalisme": em.
"réalisés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "réalisme" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "réalisés" for "réalisme" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "réalisés" or "réalisme" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "réalisés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réalisme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réalisés" and "réalisme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réalisés vs réalisons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #399,202 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.