Which to use
“utilisées” and “utilisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,298
- “utilisées” frequency rank
- #2,858
- “utilisés” frequency rank
- 7156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisées | utilisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de utiliser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisées vs utilisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. utilisées runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against utilisés's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: utilisées vs utilisés
This is the hard kind. utilisées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7156, 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\. 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 7156, this pair ranks #424,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisées vs utilisés
Shared letters: ilstué. Private to "utilisées": e. Private to "utilisés": -.
"utilisées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utilisés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisées" and "utilisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "utilisées" vs "utilisés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"utilisées" and "utilisés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilisées" 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 #424,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisées" and "utilisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilisées vs utiliserez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #424,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.