Which to use
“utilisais” and “utilisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,803
- “utilisais” frequency rank
- #2,858
- “utilisés” frequency rank
- 24661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisais | utilisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de utiliser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de utiliser. |
Where the eye mixes utilisais and utilisés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: utilisais vs utilisés
A purely visual mix-up. utilisais (\y.ti.li.zɛ\) and utilisés (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24661, 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\. utilisés is at rank #2,858, 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 24661, this pair ranks #345,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisais vs utilisés
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisais": a. Private to "utilisés": é.
"utilisais" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utilisés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisais ← tuilisais · uitlisais · utiilsais · utiliasis · utilisaiss · utilisasi · utilisias · utilissais
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "utilisais" for "utilisés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "utilisais" vs "utilisés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisais" and "utilisés" 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 #345,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.