Which to use
“promulgué” and “promulguer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,130
- “promulgué” frequency rank
- #49,872
- “promulguer” frequency rank
- 82002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promulgué | promulguer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de promulguer. | Publier une loi dans les formes requises, pour la rendre exécutoire. |
Same sound, different letters: promulgué vs promulguer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. promulgué runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCVV) against promulguer's 10 (CCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - promulgué / promulguer
This is the hard kind. promulgué and promulguer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82002, 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\. promulguer is at rank #49,872, 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 82002, this pair ranks #17,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of promulgué vs promulguer
Shared letters: glmopru. Private to "promulgué": é. Private to "promulguer": e.
"promulgué" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "promulguer" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promulguer ← pormulguer · ppromulguer · prmoulguer · promluguer · prommulguer · promugluer · promulgeur · promulgguer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "promulgué" for "promulguer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "promulgué" vs "promulguer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "promulgué" / "promulguer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "promulgué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promulguer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promulgué" and "promulguer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promulguée vs promulguer". 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 #17,641 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.