poste

\pɔst\

/\pɔst\/ noun

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The verdict

“poste” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#695
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement de chevaux qui était autrefois placé de distance en distance, pour le service des voyageurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poste · poste · French

poste · rank #695 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #695
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH penser

Nearest frequency peer: penser (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “poste”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “poste” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

poste vs pot
60% similar
poste vs pote
80% similar
poste vs pute
60% similar

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

Key facts for poste
PropertyValue
Headwordposte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#695
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “poste” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). poste lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around poste (IPA \pɔst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #695 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for poste, with forms such as "opste", "poset", and "posste". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pot", "pote", "pute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is poste, spelled P-O-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement de chevaux qui était autrefois placé de distance en distance, pour le service des voyageurs.
  2. 2
    Manière de voyager avec des chevaux de poste.
  3. 3
    Maison où étaient les chevaux de poste.
  4. 4
    Mesure de chemin fixée communément à deux lieues.
  5. 5
    Mesure de chemin fixée communément à deux lieues.
  6. 6
    Administration publique qui assure le transport des correspondances.
  7. 7
    Le courrier qui porte les lettres.
  8. 8
    Maison, bureau où se font les diverses opérations postales.
  9. 9
    Ornement composé de motifs d’enroulements et de volutes, formant une moulure qu’on place ordinairement sur les plinthes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En quittant le dôme vert des noyers sous lesquels se cachait la poste de la Frillière, cette voiture fut entraînée avec une telle rapidité qu’en un moment elle arriva au pont bâti sur la Cise, […].
  2. Mon courrier est arrivé d’Orléans il y a une heure, et, grâce à la poste, a fait trente-deux lieues dans la journée.

This word in other languages

post office(English)correos(Español)Post(Deutsch)correia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opste
  • poset
  • posste
  • postte
  • potse
  • pposte
  • psote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opste2poset2posste1postte1potse2pposte1psote2
Edit distance from "poste"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poste"?
"poste" is spelled P-O-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔst\.
What does "poste" mean?
As a noun, "poste" means: Établissement de chevaux qui était autrefois placé de distance en distance, pour le service des voyageurs.
What words are commonly confused with "poste"?
"poste" is commonly confused with "pot", "pote", "pute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poste" is \pɔst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poste" come from?
"poste" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

celles7 variantscarte7 variantsobjet7 variantscadre7 variants

What to do next

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  • "poste" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pot". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #695 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list