utiliserezvsutilisezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#49,995
“utiliserez” frequency rank
#8,052
“utilisez” frequency rank
58047
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature utiliserez utilisez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de utiliser. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de utiliser.

Where the eye mixes utiliserez and utilisez

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

10 ch
utiliserez
8 ch
utilisez

Look-alike desk: utiliserez vs utilisez

A purely visual mix-up. utiliserez (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\) and utilisez (\y.ti.li.ze\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

utiliserez is recorded at frequency rank #49,995, classified as averb, pronounced \y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\. 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 58047, this pair ranks #111,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of utiliserez vs utilisez

Shared letters: eilstuz. Private to "utiliserez": r. Private to "utilisez": -.

"utiliserez" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC  ·  "utilisez" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • utiliserez ← tuiliserez · uitliserez · utiilserez · utiliesrez · utiliseerz · utiliserezz · utiliserrez · utiliserze
  • utilisez ← tuilisez · uitlisez · utiilsez · utiliesz · utilisezz · utilissez · utilisze · utillisez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "utiliserez" for "utilisez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\y.ti.li.zə.ʁe\ versus \y.ti.li.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "utiliserez" vs "utilisez" - which ranks higher?
"utilisez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,052 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 "utiliserez" and "utilisez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "utiliserez" 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 #111,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "utiliserez" and "utilisez" 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 #111,379 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