utilisévsutiliseraTell them apart

Which to use

“utilisé” and “utilisera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,049
“utilisé” frequency rank
#18,617
“utilisera” frequency rank
19666
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature utilisé utilisera
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de utiliser. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de utiliser.

Where the eye mixes utilisé and utilisera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
utilisé
9 ch
utilisera

Look-alike desk: utilisé vs utilisera

A purely visual mix-up. utilisé (\y.ti.li.ze\) and utilisera (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁa\) 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 19666, 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\. utilisera is at rank #18,617, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zə.ʁa\.

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 19666, this pair ranks #372,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of utilisé vs utilisera

Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisé": é. Private to "utilisera": aer.

"utilisé" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "utilisera" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • utiliseratuilisera · uitlisera · utiilsera · utiliesra · utilisear · utiliserra · utilisrea · utilissera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "utilisé" and "utilisera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\y.ti.li.ze\ versus \y.ti.li.zə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "utilisé" vs "utilisera" - which ranks higher?
"utilisé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,049 in our French list, against #18,617 for "utilisera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "utilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "utilisera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "utilisé" and "utilisera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisera 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 #372,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list