Which to use
“utilisées” and “utilisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,298
- “utilisées” frequency rank
- #8,052
- “utilisez” frequency rank
- 12350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisées | utilisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de utiliser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utilisées vs utilisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. utilisées runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against utilisez's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - utilisées / utilisez
This is the hard kind. utilisées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12350, 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\. 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 12350, this pair ranks #405,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisées vs utilisez
Shared letters: eilstu. Private to "utilisées": é. Private to "utilisez": z.
"utilisées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utilisez" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisez ← tuilisez · uitlisez · utiilsez · utiliesz · utilisezz · utilissez · utilisze · utillisez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "utilisées" and "utilisez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "utilisées" or "utilisez" show up more?
After this comparison
"utilisées" and "utilisez" 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 "utilisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisées" 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 #405,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.