Which to use
“publiée” and “publiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,952
- “publiée” frequency rank
- #4,177
- “publiés” frequency rank
- 7129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publiée | publiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de publier. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de publier. |
Same sound, different letters: publiée vs publiés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. publiée (CVCCVVV) and publiés (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - publiée and publiés
This is the hard kind. publiée and publiés 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 a single letter - e in “publiée” becomes s in “publiés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
publiée is recorded at frequency rank #2,952, classified as averb, pronounced \py.bli.je\. publiés is at rank #4,177, 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 7129, this pair ranks #424,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of publiée vs publiés
Shared letters: bilpué. Private to "publiée": e. Private to "publiés": s.
"publiée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "publiés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "publiée" for "publiés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "publiée" vs "publiés" - 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 "publiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "publiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publiée" and "publiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pubis vs publiés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #424,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.