Which to use
“publier” and “publiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,283
- “publier” frequency rank
- #4,177
- “publiés” frequency rank
- 7460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publier | publiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre public et notoire. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de publier. |
Same sound, different letters: publier vs publiés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. publier and publiés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - publier / publiés
This is the hard kind. publier 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
publier is recorded at frequency rank #3,283, 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 7460, this pair ranks #423,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of publier vs publiés
Shared letters: bilpu. Private to "publier": er. Private to "publiés": sé.
"publier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "publiés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- publier ← pbulier · ppublier · pubblier · pubiler · publeir · publierr · publire · publlier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "publier" for "publiés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "publier" vs "publiés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "publier" 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 #423,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publier" and "publiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pubis vs publiés". 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 #423,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.