Which to use
“proclamer” and “proclamés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,659
- “proclamer” frequency rank
- #45,802
- “proclamés” frequency rank
- 68461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proclamer | proclamés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Publier, annoncer à haute voix et avec solennité. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de proclamer. |
Same sound, different letters: proclamer vs proclamés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - proclamer / proclamés
This is the hard kind. proclamer and proclamés 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 68461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proclamer is recorded at frequency rank #22,659, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.kla.me\. proclamés is at rank #45,802, 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 68461, this pair ranks #59,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of proclamer vs proclamés
Shared letters: aclmopr. Private to "proclamer": e. Private to "proclamés": sé.
"proclamer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC · "proclamés" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proclamer ← porclamer · pproclamer · prcolamer · procalmer · procclamer · proclaemr · proclamerr · proclammer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "proclamer" and "proclamés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "proclamer" vs "proclamés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"proclamer" and "proclamés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "proclamer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proclamés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proclamer" and "proclamés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proclament 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 #59,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.