Which to use
“utilisé” and “utiliser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,049
- “utilisé” frequency rank
- #763
- “utiliser” frequency rank
- 1812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisé | utiliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de utiliser. | Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisé vs utiliser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: utilisé vs utiliser
This is the hard kind. utilisé and utiliser are pronounced identically (\y.ti.li.ze\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisé is recorded at frequency rank #1,049, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.ze\. utiliser is at rank #763, 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 1812, this pair ranks #437,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisé vs utiliser
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisé": é. Private to "utiliser": er.
"utilisé" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "utiliser" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utiliser ← tuiliser · uitliser · utiilser · utiliesr · utiliserr · utilisre · utilisser · utilliser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "utilisé" for "utiliser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "utilisé" vs "utiliser" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "utilisé" / "utiliser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utiliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisé" and "utiliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliser vs utiliserez". 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 #437,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.