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Which to use

“utilisera” and “utiliserez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,617
“utilisera” frequency rank
#49,995
“utiliserez” frequency rank
68612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature utilisera utiliserez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de utiliser. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de utiliser.

Where the eye mixes utilisera and utiliserez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. utilisera runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against utiliserez's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
utilisera
10 ch
utiliserez

Why the eye confuses utilisera with utiliserez

A purely visual mix-up. utilisera (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁa\) 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 68612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

utilisera is recorded at frequency rank #18,617, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zə.ʁa\. 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 68612, this pair ranks #58,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of utilisera vs utiliserez

Shared letters: eilrstu. Private to "utilisera": a. Private to "utiliserez": z.

"utilisera" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "utiliserez" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • utilisera ← tuilisera · uitlisera · utiilsera · utiliesra · utilisear · utiliserra · utilisrea · utilissera
  • utiliserez ← tuiliserez · uitliserez · utiilserez · utiliesrez · utiliseerz · utiliserezz · utiliserrez · utiliserze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "utilisera" and "utiliserez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁa\ versus \y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "utilisera" vs "utiliserez" - which ranks higher?
"utilisera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,617 in our French list, against #49,995 for "utiliserez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "utilisera" and "utiliserez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "utilisera" 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 #58,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "utilisera" 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 #58,438 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