Which to use
“promulgué” and “promulguée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,130
- “promulgué” frequency rank
- #26,485
- “promulguée” frequency rank
- 58615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promulgué | promulguée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de promulguer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de promulguer. |
Same sound, different letters: promulgué vs promulguée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. promulgué runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCVV) against promulguée's 10 (CCVCVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: promulgué vs promulguée
This is the hard kind. promulgué and promulguée are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.myl.ɡe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “promulgué” sits inside “promulguée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promulgué is recorded at frequency rank #32,130, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.myl.ɡe\. promulguée is at rank #26,485, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.myl.ɡe\.
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 58615, this pair ranks #108,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of promulgué vs promulguée
Shared letters: glmoprué. Private to "promulgué": -. Private to "promulguée": e.
"promulgué" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "promulguée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "promulgué" and "promulguée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "promulgué" or "promulguée"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "promulgué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promulguée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promulgué" and "promulguée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promulgué vs promulguer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #108,010 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.