Which to use
“utilisée” and “utilisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,974
- “utilisée” frequency rank
- #8,052
- “utilisez” frequency rank
- 11026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisée | utilisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de utiliser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisée vs utilisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. utilisée (VCVCVCVV) and utilisez (VCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: utilisée vs utilisez
This is the hard kind. utilisée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11026, 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\. 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 11026, this pair ranks #410,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisée vs utilisez
Shared letters: eilstu. Private to "utilisée": é. Private to "utilisez": z.
"utilisée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "utilisez" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisez ← tuilisez · uitlisez · utiilsez · utiliesz · utilisezz · utilissez · utilisze · utillisez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "utilisée" and "utilisez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "utilisée" or "utilisez"?
After this comparison
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 "utilisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisée" 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 #410,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.