Which to use
“utilisa” and “utilisé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,068
- “utilisa” frequency rank
- #1,049
- “utilisé” frequency rank
- 41117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisa | utilisé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de utiliser. | Participe passé masculin singulier de utiliser. |
Where the eye mixes utilisa and utilisé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. utilisa and utilisé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: utilisa vs utilisé
A purely visual mix-up. utilisa (\y.ti.li.za\) and utilisé (\y.ti.li.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “utilisa” becomes é in “utilisé”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisa is recorded at frequency rank #40,068, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.za\. utilisé is at rank #1,049, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.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 41117, this pair ranks #235,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of utilisa vs utilisé
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisa": a. Private to "utilisé": é.
"utilisa" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "utilisé" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisa ← tuilisa · uitlisa · utiilsa · utilias · utilissa · utillisa · utilsia · utliisa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "utilisa" and "utilisé" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "utilisa" or "utilisé"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "utilisa" and "utilisé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisa" and "utilisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisa vs utilisais". 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 #235,456 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.