FrançoisvspostingWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: François is a name, posting is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“François” is a name and “posting” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,052
“François” frequency rank
#27,004
“posting” frequency rank
38056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature François posting
Definition männlicher Vorname Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs post

Letter map: François vs posting

Shared letters muted; letters that set François and posting apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. François runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against posting's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
François
7 ch
posting

Grammar separator: François vs posting

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: François is aname and postingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

François is recorded at frequency rank #11,052, classified as aname, pronounced […]. posting is at rank #27,004, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 38056, this pair ranks #1,573,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of François vs posting

Shared letters: inos. Private to "François": afrç. Private to "posting": gpt.

"François" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "posting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postingopsting · positng · possting · postign · postingg · postinng · postnig · postting

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "François" and "posting" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "François" is a name and "posting" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "François" or "posting"?
"François" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,052 in our German list, against #27,004 for "posting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "François" and "posting".

  • Full dictionary entry for "François" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "posting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,573,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "François" and "posting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posting vs puzzles". 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 #1,573,948 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list