Which to use
“utilisé” and “utilisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,049
- “utilisé” frequency rank
- #2,858
- “utilisés” frequency rank
- 3907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisé | utilisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de utiliser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisé vs utilisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. utilisé runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against utilisés's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - utilisé and utilisés
This is the hard kind. utilisé and utilisés 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 extra letter(s) - “utilisé” sits inside “utilisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3907, 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\. 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 3907, this pair ranks #432,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisé vs utilisés
Shared letters: ilstué. Private to "utilisé": -. Private to "utilisés": -.
"utilisé" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "utilisés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisé" and "utilisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "utilisé" or "utilisés"?
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 "utilisé" 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 #432,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisé" and "utilisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisa vs utilisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #432,925 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.