Which to use
“publiées” and “publier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,130
- “publiées” frequency rank
- #3,283
- “publier” frequency rank
- 9413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publiées | publier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de publier. | Rendre public et notoire. |
Same sound, different letters: publiées vs publier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. publiées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against publier's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - publiées / publier
This is the hard kind. publiées and publier 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 9413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
publiées is recorded at frequency rank #6,130, classified as averb, pronounced \py.bli.je\. publier is at rank #3,283, 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 9413, this pair ranks #416,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of publiées vs publier
Shared letters: beilpu. Private to "publiées": sé. Private to "publier": r.
"publiées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "publier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- publier ← pbulier · ppublier · pubblier · pubiler · publeir · publierr · publire · publlier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "publiées" for "publier" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "publiées" or "publier" show up more?
Useful next steps
"publiées" and "publier" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "publiées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "publier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publiées" and "publier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "publiées 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 #416,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.