Which to use
“promettait” and “promettant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,986
- “promettait” frequency rank
- #17,236
- “promettant” frequency rank
- 40222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promettait | promettant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de promettre. | Participe présent de promettre. |
Where the eye mixes promettait and promettant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. promettait (CCVCVCCVVC) and promettant (CCVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: promettait vs promettant
A purely visual mix-up. promettait (\pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ\) and promettant (\pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “promettait” becomes n in “promettant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promettait is recorded at frequency rank #22,986, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ\. promettant is at rank #17,236, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃\.
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 40222, this pair ranks #242,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of promettait vs promettant
Shared letters: aemoprt. Private to "promettait": i. Private to "promettant": n.
"promettait" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "promettant" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promettait ← pormettait · ppromettait · prmoettait · proemttait · prometait · prometatit · promettaitt · promettati
- promettant ← pormettant · ppromettant · prmoettant · proemttant · prometant · prometatnt · promettannt · promettantt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "promettait" and "promettant" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "promettait" or "promettant" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "promettait" and "promettant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "promettait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promettant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promettait" and "promettant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "projetait vs promettait". 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 #242,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.