Which to use
“promené” and “promener” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,951
- “promené” frequency rank
- #7,743
- “promener” frequency rank
- 47694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promené | promener |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de promener. | Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de l’exercice. |
Same sound, different letters: promené vs promener
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. promené runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against promener's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: promené vs promener
This is the hard kind. promené and promener are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.mə.ne\) 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 47694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promené is recorded at frequency rank #39,951, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mə.ne\. promener is at rank #7,743, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mə.ne\.
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 47694, this pair ranks #184,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of promené vs promener
Shared letters: emnopr. Private to "promené": é. Private to "promener": -.
"promené" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "promener" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promener ← pormener · ppromener · prmoener · proemner · promeenr · promenerr · promenner · promenre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "promené" for "promener" ever safe?
Which is more common, "promené" or "promener"?
Useful next steps
"promené" and "promener" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "promené" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promener" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promené" and "promener" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proféré vs promené". 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 #184,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.