Which to use
“utilisées” and “utilisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,298
- “utilisées” frequency rank
- #18,900
- “utilisons” frequency rank
- 23198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilisées | utilisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de utiliser. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de utiliser. |
Where the eye mixes utilisées and utilisons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses utilisées with utilisons
A purely visual mix-up. utilisées (\y.ti.li.ze\) and utilisons (\y.ti.li.zɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23198, 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\. utilisons is at rank #18,900, tagged as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zɔ̃\.
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 23198, this pair ranks #353,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilisées vs utilisons
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utilisées": eé. Private to "utilisons": no.
"utilisées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "utilisons" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilisons ← tuilisons · uitlisons · utiilsons · utiliosns · utilisnos · utilisonns · utilisonss · utilisosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utilisées" and "utilisons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "utilisées" or "utilisons" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "utilisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilisées" and "utilisons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliserons vs utilisons". 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 #353,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.