Which to use
“utilisées” and “utiliserez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,298
- “utilisées” frequency rank
- #49,995
- “utiliserez” frequency rank
- 54293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisées | utiliserez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de utiliser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de utiliser. |
Where the eye mixes utilisées and utiliserez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. utilisées runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against utiliserez's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between utilisées and utiliserez
A purely visual mix-up. utilisées (\y.ti.li.ze\) and utiliserez (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilisées is recorded at frequency rank #4,298, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.ze\. utiliserez is at rank #49,995, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\.
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 54293, this pair ranks #134,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of utilisées vs utiliserez
Shared letters: eilstu. Private to "utilisées": é. Private to "utiliserez": rz.
"utilisées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utiliserez" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utiliserez ← tuiliserez · uitliserez · utiilserez · utiliesrez · utiliseerz · utiliserezz · utiliserrez · utiliserze
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisées" and "utiliserez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "utilisées" or "utiliserez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utiliserez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisées" and "utiliserez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliserai vs utiliserez". 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 #134,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.