Which to use
“responsabiliser” is a verb and “responsabilité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,512
- “responsabiliser” frequency rank
- #1,456
- “responsabilité” frequency rank
- 39968
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | responsabiliser | responsabilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre responsable, donner des responsabilités à. | Obligation de répondre de ses actions ou de celles des autres, d’être garant de quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes responsabiliser and responsabilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. responsabiliser runs 15 letters (CVCCVCCVCVCVCVC) against responsabilité's 14 (CVCCVCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between responsabiliser and responsabilité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: responsabiliser is \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.ze\ while responsabilité is \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\. 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 39968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
responsabiliser is recorded at frequency rank #38,512, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.ze\. responsabilité is at rank #1,456, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te\.
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 39968, this pair ranks #244,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of responsabiliser vs responsabilité
Shared letters: abeilnoprs. Private to "responsabiliser": -. Private to "responsabilité": té.
"responsabiliser" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVCVC · "responsabilité" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- responsabiliser ← ersponsabiliser · repsonsabiliser · resopnsabiliser · respnosabiliser · responasbiliser · responnsabiliser · responsabbiliser · responsabiilser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "responsabiliser" for "responsabilité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "responsabiliser" vs "responsabilité" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "responsabiliser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "responsabilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "responsabiliser" and "responsabilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "responsabiliser vs responsabilités". 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 #244,004 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.