Which to use
“utilisait” and “utiliserait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,318
- “utilisait” frequency rank
- #37,117
- “utiliserait” frequency rank
- 48435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisait | utiliserait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de utiliser. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de utiliser. |
Where the eye mixes utilisait and utiliserait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses utilisait with utiliserait
A purely visual mix-up. utilisait (\y.ti.li.zɛ\) and utiliserait (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisait is recorded at frequency rank #11,318, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zɛ\. utiliserait is at rank #37,117, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zə.ʁɛ\.
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 48435, this pair ranks #178,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of utilisait vs utiliserait
Shared letters: ailstu. Private to "utilisait": -. Private to "utiliserait": er.
"utilisait" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utiliserait" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisait ← tuilisait · uitlisait · utiilsait · utiliasit · utilisaitt · utilisati · utilisiat · utilissait
- utiliserait ← tuiliserait · uitliserait · utiilserait · utiliesrait · utilisearit · utiliseraitt · utiliserati · utiliseriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "utilisait" for "utiliserait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "utilisait" or "utiliserait"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "utilisait" and "utiliserait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utiliserait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisait" and "utiliserait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliserais vs utiliserait". 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 #178,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.