pose
\poz\
The verdict
“pose” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,147 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,147
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de poser, de mettre en place.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \poz\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pose” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pose is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \poz\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,147 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pose, with forms such as "opse", "poes", and "posse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "pré", "pot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pose, spelled P-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Action de poser, de mettre en place.
- 2Avantage qui consiste à jouer le premier dé au domino, au jacquet, etc.
- 3Manière de poser, en parlant de la voix.
- 4Action de se poser, manière de se tenir, attitude.
- 5Action de poser pour se faire peindre, photographier, etc.
- 6Attitude qu’un peintre, un sculpteur ou un photographe fait prendre à son modèle.
- 7Temps que dure la pose devant l’objectif.
- 8Affectation dans l’attitude, dans les paroles qui annonce l’intention de produire de l’effet.
- 9Ancienne unité d'aire en viticulture. C'est la surface qu'un ouvrier peut travailler en une journée. La dimension d'une pose, en nombre de mètres carrés, dépend donc des régions, suivant la nature du terrain.
- 10Quantité de produits imprimés sur une même planche.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opse,poes,posse,ppose,psoe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pose - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \poz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “PS” - see the side-by-side comparison. pose vs PS
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.