Which to use
“publié” and “publiez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #811
- “publié” frequency rank
- #44,118
- “publiez” frequency rank
- 44929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publié | publiez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de publier. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de publier. |
Same sound, different letters: publié vs publiez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. publié runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against publiez's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - publié and publiez
This is the hard kind. publié and publiez 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44929, 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\. publiez is at rank #44,118, 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 44929, this pair ranks #206,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of publié vs publiez
Shared letters: bilpu. Private to "publié": é. Private to "publiez": ez.
"publié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "publiez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- publiez ← pbuliez · ppubliez · pubbliez · pubilez · publeiz · publiezz · publize · publliez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "publié" for "publiez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "publié" vs "publiez" - which ranks higher?
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 "publié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "publiez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publié" and "publiez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parliez vs publiez". 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 #206,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.