Which to use
“utilisais” and “utilisait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,803
- “utilisais” frequency rank
- #11,318
- “utilisait” frequency rank
- 33121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisais | utilisait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de utiliser. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisais vs utilisait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. utilisais and utilisait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: utilisais vs utilisait
This is the hard kind. utilisais and utilisait are pronounced identically (\y.ti.li.zɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “utilisais” becomes t in “utilisait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisais is recorded at frequency rank #21,803, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zɛ\. utilisait is at rank #11,318, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zɛ\.
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 33121, this pair ranks #292,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of utilisais vs utilisait
Shared letters: ailstu. Private to "utilisais": -. Private to "utilisait": -.
"utilisais" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utilisait" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "utilisais" and "utilisait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "utilisais" vs "utilisait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "utilisais" / "utilisait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisais" and "utilisait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisais vs utiliserais". 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 #292,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.