publiévspubliéeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“publié” and “publiée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#811
“publié” frequency rank
#2,952
“publiée” frequency rank
3763
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature publié publiée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de publier. Participe passé féminin singulier de publier.

Same sound, different letters: publié vs publiée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

6 ch
publié
7 ch
publiée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. publié and publiée are pronounced identically (\py.bli.je\) 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) - “publié” sits inside “publiée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

publié is recorded at frequency rank #811, classified as averb, pronounced \py.bli.je\. publiée is at rank #2,952, tagged as averb, pronounced \py.bli.je\.

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 3763, this pair ranks #433,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of publié vs publiée

Shared letters: bilpué. Private to "publié": -. Private to "publiée": e.

"publié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "publiée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "publié" and "publiée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\py.bli.je\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "publié" or "publiée"?
"publié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #811 in our French list, against #2,952 for "publiée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list