publiésvspubliezConfusable pair

Which to use

“publiés” and “publiez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,177
“publiés” frequency rank
#44,118
“publiez” frequency rank
48295
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature publiés publiez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de publier. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de publier.

Same sound, different letters: publiés vs publiez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. publiés and publiez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
publiés
7 ch
publiez

Same sound, different spelling - publiés / publiez

This is the hard kind. publiés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

publiés is recorded at frequency rank #4,177, 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 48295, this pair ranks #180,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of publiés vs publiez

Shared letters: bilpu. Private to "publiés": sé. Private to "publiez": ez.

"publiés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "publiez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • publiez ← pbuliez · ppubliez · pubbliez · pubilez · publeiz · publiezz · publize · publliez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "publiés" for "publiez" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\py.bli.je\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "publiés" or "publiez"?
"publiés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,177 in our French list, against #44,118 for "publiez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

"publiés" and "publiez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "publiés" 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 #180,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "publiés" 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 #180,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list