Which to use
“propagé” and “propager” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,660
- “propagé” frequency rank
- #14,333
- “propager” frequency rank
- 45993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | propagé | propager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de propager. | Multiplier par voie de génération ou de reproduction. |
Same sound, different letters: propagé vs propager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - propagé and propager
This is the hard kind. propagé and propager 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45993, 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\. propager is at rank #14,333, 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 45993, this pair ranks #198,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of propagé vs propager
Shared letters: agopr. Private to "propagé": é. Private to "propager": e.
"propagé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "propager" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- propager ← porpager · ppropager · proapger · propaegr · propagerr · propagger · propagre · propgaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "propagé" and "propager" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "propagé" or "propager"?
What to do next
"propagé" and "propager" 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 "propager" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "propagé" and "propager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prepare vs propagé". 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 #198,476 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.