Which to use
“projeté” and “promet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,453
- “projeté” frequency rank
- #4,791
- “promet” frequency rank
- 17244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | projeté | promet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de projeter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de promettre. |
Where the eye mixes projeté and promet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. projeté runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against promet's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: projeté vs promet
A purely visual mix-up. projeté (\pʁɔ.ʒə.te\) and promet (\pʁɔ.mɛ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
projeté is recorded at frequency rank #12,453, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ʒə.te\. promet is at rank #4,791, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɛ\.
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 17244, this pair ranks #384,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of projeté vs promet
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "projeté": jé. Private to "promet": m.
"projeté" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "promet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promet ← pormet · ppromet · prmoet · proemt · promett · prommet · promte · prromet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "projeté" and "promet" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "projeté" or "promet" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "projeté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "projeté" and "promet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proféré vs projeté". 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 #384,116 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.