Which to use
“utilisais” and “utilisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,803
- “utilisais” frequency rank
- #4,298
- “utilisées” frequency rank
- 26101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisais | utilisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de utiliser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de utiliser. |
Where the eye mixes utilisais and utilisées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. utilisais and utilisées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: utilisais vs utilisées
A purely visual mix-up. utilisais (\y.ti.li.zɛ\) and utilisées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26101, 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\. utilisées is at rank #4,298, 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 26101, this pair ranks #337,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisais vs utilisées
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisais": a. Private to "utilisées": eé.
"utilisais" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utilisées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisais ← tuilisais · uitlisais · utiilsais · utiliasis · utilisaiss · utilisasi · utilisias · utilissais
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "utilisais" for "utilisées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "utilisais" or "utilisées"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "utilisais" and "utilisées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisais" and "utilisées" 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 #337,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.