Which to use
“propagé” is a verb and “propice” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,660
- “propagé” frequency rank
- #10,557
- “propice” frequency rank
- 42217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | propagé | propice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de propager. | Qui est favorable, en parlant de divinité, toute puissance, ou autorité dont nous pouvons dépendre. |
Where the eye mixes propagé and propice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. propagé and propice follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: propagé vs propice
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: propagé is \pʁɔ.pa.ʒe\ while propice is \pʁɔ.pis\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42217, 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\. propice is at rank #10,557, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.pis\.
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 42217, this pair ranks #227,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of propagé vs propice
Shared letters: opr. Private to "propagé": agé. Private to "propice": cei.
"propagé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "propice" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- propice ← porpice · ppropice · proipce · propcie · propicce · propiec · proppice · prpoice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "propagé" for "propice" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "propagé" or "propice" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "propagé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "propice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "propagé" and "propice" 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 #227,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.