Which to use
“utilisation” and “utilisations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,215
- “utilisation” frequency rank
- #15,530
- “utilisations” frequency rank
- 16745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisation | utilisations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait ou manière d’utiliser. | Pluriel de utilisation. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisation vs utilisations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - utilisation and utilisations
This is the hard kind. utilisation and utilisations are pronounced identically (\y.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “utilisation” sits inside “utilisations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisation is recorded at frequency rank #1,215, classified as anoun, pronounced \y.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\. utilisations is at rank #15,530, tagged as anoun, pronounced \y.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
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 16745, this pair ranks #386,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisation vs utilisations
Shared letters: ailnostu. Private to "utilisation": -. Private to "utilisations": -.
"utilisation" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC · "utilisations" · 12 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisation ← tuilisation · uitlisation · utiilsation · utiliastion · utilisaiton · utilisatino · utilisationn · utilisatoin
- utilisations ← tuilisations · uitlisations · utiilsations · utiliastions · utilisaitons · utilisatinos · utilisationns · utilisationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisation" and "utilisations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "utilisation" vs "utilisations" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #386,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.