Which to use
“propagée” and “propager” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,489
- “propagée” frequency rank
- #14,333
- “propager” frequency rank
- 52822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | propagée | propager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de propager. | Multiplier par voie de génération ou de reproduction. |
Same sound, different letters: propagée vs propager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - propagée / propager
This is the hard kind. propagée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
propagée is recorded at frequency rank #38,489, 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 52822, this pair ranks #145,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of propagée vs propager
Shared letters: aegopr. Private to "propagée": é. Private to "propager": -.
"propagée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "propager" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- propager ← porpager · ppropager · proapger · propaegr · propagerr · propagger · propagre · propgaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "propagée" and "propager" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "propagée" or "propager" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "propagée" 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 #145,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "propagée" and "propager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "propagée vs propane". 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 #145,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.