Which to use
“projeté” and “promets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,453
- “projeté” frequency rank
- #12,645
- “promets” frequency rank
- 25098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | projeté | promets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de projeter. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de promettre. |
Where the eye mixes projeté and promets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. projeté (CCVCVCV) and promets (CCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between projeté and promets
A purely visual mix-up. projeté (\pʁɔ.ʒə.te\) and promets (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25098, 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\. promets is at rank #12,645, 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 25098, this pair ranks #342,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of projeté vs promets
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "projeté": jé. Private to "promets": ms.
"projeté" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "promets" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promets ← pormets · ppromets · prmoets · proemts · promest · prometss · prometts · prommets
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "projeté" for "promets" ever safe?
Frequency check: "projeté" vs "promets" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "projeté" and "promets" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "projeté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "projeté" and "promets" 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 #342,819 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.