Which to use
“publiées” and “publiez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,130
- “publiées” frequency rank
- #44,118
- “publiez” frequency rank
- 50248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publiées | publiez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de publier. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de publier. |
Same sound, different letters: publiées vs publiez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. publiées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) 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 - publiées and publiez
This is the hard kind. publiées 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 50248, 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\. 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 50248, this pair ranks #164,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of publiées vs publiez
Shared letters: beilpu. Private to "publiées": sé. Private to "publiez": z.
"publiées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "publiez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- publiez ← pbuliez · ppubliez · pubbliez · pubilez · publeiz · publiezz · publize · publliez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "publiées" for "publiez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "publiées" vs "publiez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "publiées" / "publiez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "publiées" 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 #164,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publiées" 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 #164,144 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.