Which to use
“utilisé” and “utilisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,049
- “utilisé” frequency rank
- #8,052
- “utilisez” frequency rank
- 9101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisé | utilisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de utiliser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisé vs utilisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. utilisé runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against utilisez's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: utilisé vs utilisez
This is the hard kind. utilisé and utilisez 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 9101, 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\. utilisez is at rank #8,052, 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 9101, this pair ranks #417,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisé vs utilisez
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisé": é. Private to "utilisez": ez.
"utilisé" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "utilisez" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisez ← tuilisez · uitlisez · utiilsez · utiliesz · utilisezz · utilissez · utilisze · utillisez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "utilisé" and "utilisez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "utilisé" vs "utilisez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"utilisé" and "utilisez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisé" and "utilisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliserez vs utilisez". 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 #417,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.