posez

\po.ze\

/\po.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“posez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,354
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-posez · posez · French

posez · rank #7,354 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,354
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plancher

Nearest frequency peer: plancher (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « posez »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « posez » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

posez vs Post
40% similar
posez vs pote
60% similar
posez vs Prez
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for posez
PropertyValue
Headwordposez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\po.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,354
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « posez »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.posezse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plancher » (#7,353), « prisons » (#7,355), « participant » (#7,352). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « posez » est au #7,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around posez (IPA \po.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,354 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for posez, with forms such as "opsez", "poesz", and "posezz". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Post", "pote", "Prez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is posez, spelled P-O-S-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poser.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de poser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how posez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vous découpez d’abord cette figure, vous la posez sur le papier-vitrail que vous découperez ensuite (figure 1).
  2. Vous vous posez pas mal de questions.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsez
  • poesz
  • posezz
  • possez
  • posze
  • pposez
  • psoez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opsez2poesz2posezz1possez1posze2pposez1psoez2
Edit distance from "posez"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "posez"?
"posez" is spelled P-O-S-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \po.ze\.
What does "posez" mean?
As a verb, "posez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poser.
What words are commonly confused with "posez"?
"posez" is commonly confused with "Post", "pote", "Prez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "posez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "posez" is \po.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "posez" come from?
"posez" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "posez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

meurs#7,342reçus#7,368Julia#7,337filer#7,321

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

grotte7 variantsélire7 variantsBruce7 variantsgrise7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list