Which to use
“utilisée” and “utilisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,974
- “utilisée” frequency rank
- #4,298
- “utilisées” frequency rank
- 7272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisée | utilisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de utiliser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisée vs utilisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. utilisée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against utilisées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - utilisée / utilisées
This is the hard kind. utilisée and utilisées 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) - “utilisée” sits inside “utilisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisée is recorded at frequency rank #2,974, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.ze\. utilisées is at rank #4,298, 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 7272, this pair ranks #423,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisée vs utilisées
Shared letters: eilstué. Private to "utilisée": -. Private to "utilisées": -.
"utilisée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "utilisées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "utilisée" for "utilisées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "utilisée" or "utilisées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "utilisée" / "utilisées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisée" and "utilisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisées vs utiliserez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #423,651 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.