Which to use
“utiliser” and “utilisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #763
- “utiliser” frequency rank
- #2,858
- “utilisés” frequency rank
- 3621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utiliser | utilisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tirer de l’utilité de ; tirer parti de. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de utiliser. |
Same sound, different letters: utiliser vs utilisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: utiliser vs utilisés
This is the hard kind. utiliser 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utiliser is recorded at frequency rank #763, 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 3621, this pair ranks #433,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utiliser vs utilisés
Shared letters: ilstu. Private to "utiliser": er. Private to "utilisés": é.
"utiliser" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "utilisés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utiliser ← tuiliser · uitliser · utiilser · utiliesr · utiliserr · utilisre · utilisser · utilliser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "utiliser" and "utilisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "utiliser" or "utilisés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "utiliser" 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 #433,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utiliser" and "utilisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utiliser 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 #433,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.