Which to use
“utilisée” and “utilisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,974
- “utilisée” frequency rank
- #2,858
- “utilisés” frequency rank
- 5832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisée | utilisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de utiliser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisée vs utilisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. utilisée (VCVCVCVV) and utilisés (VCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: utilisée vs utilisés
This is the hard kind. utilisée 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 a single letter - e in “utilisée” becomes s in “utilisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5832, 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\. 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 5832, this pair ranks #427,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisée vs utilisés
Shared letters: ilstué. Private to "utilisée": e. Private to "utilisés": -.
"utilisée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "utilisés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisée" and "utilisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "utilisée" 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 "utilisée" 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 #427,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisée" and "utilisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisée vs utiliserez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #427,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.