Which to use
“proclamé” and “proclamer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,331
- “proclamé” frequency rank
- #22,659
- “proclamer” frequency rank
- 36990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proclamé | proclamer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de proclamer. | Publier, annoncer à haute voix et avec solennité. |
Same sound, different letters: proclamé vs proclamer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. proclamé runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against proclamer's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - proclamé and proclamer
This is the hard kind. proclamé and proclamer are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.kla.me\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proclamé is recorded at frequency rank #14,331, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.kla.me\. proclamer is at rank #22,659, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.kla.me\.
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 36990, this pair ranks #265,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proclamé vs proclamer
Shared letters: aclmopr. Private to "proclamé": é. Private to "proclamer": e.
"proclamé" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "proclamer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proclamer ← porclamer · pproclamer · prcolamer · procalmer · procclamer · proclaemr · proclamerr · proclammer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "proclamé" for "proclamer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "proclamé" or "proclamer"?
What to do next
"proclamé" and "proclamer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "proclamé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proclamer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proclamé" and "proclamer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proclamer vs proclamés". 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 #265,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.