réalisésvsrequisesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,800
“réalisés” frequency rank
#14,133
“requises” frequency rank
18933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réalisés requises
Definition Masculin pluriel de réalisé. Féminin pluriel de requis.

Where the eye mixes réalisés and requises

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

8 ch
réalisés
8 ch
requises

Look-alike desk: réalisés vs requises

A purely visual mix-up. réalisés (\ʁe.a.li.ze\) and requises (\ʁə.kiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18933, 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\. requises is at rank #14,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kiz\.

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 18933, this pair ranks #375,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réalisés vs requises

Shared letters: irs. Private to "réalisés": alé. Private to "requises": equ.

"réalisés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "requises" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • requiseserquises · reqiuses · reqquises · requiess · requisess · requisses · requsies · reuqises

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réalisés" for "requises" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.a.li.ze\ versus \ʁə.kiz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "réalisés" vs "requises" - which ranks higher?
"réalisés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,800 in our French list, against #14,133 for "requises". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "réalisés" and "requises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réalisés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "requises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #375,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réalisés" and "requises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "requises vs révisés". 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 #375,868 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