publicité

\py.bli.si.te\

/\py.bli.si.te\/ noun

The verdict

“publicité” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,951
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Notoriété publique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-publicite · publicité · French

publicité · rank #2,951 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,951
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précédente

Nearest frequency peer: précédente (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « publicité »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « publicité » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

publicité vs publicités
90% similar
publicité vs publiait
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for publicité
PropertyValue
Headwordpublicité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\py.bli.si.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,951
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « publicité »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.publicitése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « précédente » (#2,950), « publiée » (#2,952), « profondeur » (#2,949). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « publicité » est au #2,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around publicité (IPA \py.bli.si.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,951 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for publicité, with forms such as "pbulicité", "ppublicité", and "pubblicité". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "publicités", "publiait", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is publicité, spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Notoriété publique.
  2. 2
    Action de rendre public, résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Action de rendre public, résultat de cette action.
  4. 4
    Action, fait de promouvoir la vente d'un produit en exerçant sur le public une influence, une action psychologique afin de créer en lui des besoins, des désirs ; ensemble des moyens employés pour promouvoir un produit.
  5. 5
    Annonce de caractère commercial par les journaux, les affiches, les prospectus et tous autres moyens de réclame.
  6. 6
    Secteur, domaine des pratiques publicitaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how publicité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La publicité du crime en rend la punition plus nécessaire.
  2. Qu’ils soient poètes, hommes politiques, négriers, marchands de contremarques ou toutes ces belles choses ensemble, qu’ils aient encore le pied dans la noire crotte du début ou qu’ils aient depuis longtemps escaladé les frises, ils sont identiques par la plus enragée fringale de publicité et de tintamarre.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pbulicité
  • ppublicité
  • pubblicité
  • pubilcité
  • publciité
  • publiccité
  • publicite
  • publicitté
  • publiciét
  • publictié
  • publiicté
  • publlicité
  • pulbicité
  • upblicité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of publicité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pbulicité2ppublicité1pubblicité1pubilcité2publciité2publiccité1publicite1publicitté1
Edit distance from "publicité"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "publicité"?
"publicité" is spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \py.bli.si.te\.
What does "publicité" mean?
As a noun, "publicité" means: Notoriété publique.
What words are commonly confused with "publicité"?
"publicité" is commonly confused with "publicités", "publiait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "publicité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "publicité" is \py.bli.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "publicité" come from?
"publicité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "publicité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list