Which to use
“proclamée” and “proclamer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,482
- “proclamée” frequency rank
- #22,659
- “proclamer” frequency rank
- 49141
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proclamée | proclamer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de proclamer. | Publier, annoncer à haute voix et avec solennité. |
Same sound, different letters: proclamée vs proclamer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. proclamée (CCVCCVCVV) and proclamer (CCVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - proclamée and proclamer
This is the hard kind. proclamée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proclamée is recorded at frequency rank #26,482, 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 49141, this pair ranks #173,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proclamée vs proclamer
Shared letters: acelmopr. Private to "proclamée": é. Private to "proclamer": -.
"proclamée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVV · "proclamer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proclamer ← porclamer · pproclamer · prcolamer · procalmer · procclamer · proclaemr · proclamerr · proclammer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "proclamée" and "proclamer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "proclamée" or "proclamer" show up more?
Useful next steps
"proclamée" and "proclamer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "proclamée" 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 #173,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proclamée" and "proclamer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proclamée 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 #173,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.