Which to use
“promulguée” and “promulguer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,485
- “promulguée” frequency rank
- #49,872
- “promulguer” frequency rank
- 76357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promulguée | promulguer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de promulguer. | Publier une loi dans les formes requises, pour la rendre exécutoire. |
Same sound, different letters: promulguée vs promulguer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. promulguée (CCVCVCCVVV) and promulguer (CCVCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: promulguée vs promulguer
This is the hard kind. promulguée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promulguée is recorded at frequency rank #26,485, 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 76357, this pair ranks #31,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of promulguée vs promulguer
Shared letters: eglmopru. Private to "promulguée": é. Private to "promulguer": -.
"promulguée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVV · "promulguer" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promulguer ← pormulguer · ppromulguer · prmoulguer · promluguer · prommulguer · promugluer · promulgeur · promulgguer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "promulguée" and "promulguer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "promulguée" vs "promulguer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "promulguée" / "promulguer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "promulguée" 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 #31,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promulguée" and "promulguer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promulgué 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 #31,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.