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.
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?
Which is more common, "publiés" or "publiez"?
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.