Which to use
“propagé” and “propagée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,660
- “propagé” frequency rank
- #38,489
- “propagée” frequency rank
- 70149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | propagé | propagée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de propager. | Participe passé féminin singulier de propager. |
Same sound, different letters: propagé vs propagée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. propagé runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against propagée's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - propagé / propagée
This is the hard kind. propagé and propagée are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.pa.ʒe\) 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) - “propagé” sits inside “propagée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
propagé is recorded at frequency rank #31,660, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.pa.ʒe\. propagée is at rank #38,489, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.pa.ʒe\.
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 70149, this pair ranks #52,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of propagé vs propagée
Shared letters: agopré. Private to "propagé": -. Private to "propagée": e.
"propagé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "propagée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "propagé" for "propagée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "propagé" vs "propagée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"propagé" and "propagée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "propagé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "propagée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "propagé" and "propagée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prepare vs propagé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.