utiliséesvsutiliserezWhat's the difference?

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.

9 ch
utilisées
10 ch
utiliserez

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?
No. They are said differently (\y.ti.li.ze\ versus \y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "utilisées" or "utiliserez" show up more?
"utilisées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,298 in our French list, against #49,995 for "utiliserez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list