postes

\pɔst\

/\pɔst\/ noun

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The verdict

“postes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,192
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de poste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-postes · postes · French

postes · rank #2,192 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,192
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pensent

Nearest frequency peer: pensent (-2 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 « postes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « postes » 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).

postes vs pote
67% similar
postes vs pots
67% similar
postes vs potes
83% similar

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

Key facts for postes
PropertyValue
Headwordpostes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔst\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,192
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « postes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.postesse 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 « pensent » (#2,190), « Rang » (#2,194), « PC » (#2,189). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « postes » est au #2,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around postes (IPA \pɔst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,192 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for postes, with forms such as "opstes", "posets", and "posstes". 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, "pote", "pots", "potes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is postes, spelled P-O-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de poste.
  2. 2
    Ornement composé de motifs répétitifs d’enroulements, de volutes, ou de vagues. On utilise ce type de motif pour des moulures, du fer forgé, des décors peints, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les marques postales nécessaires aux notations des employés des Postes furent d’abord manuscrites sur les lettres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opstes
  • posets
  • posstes
  • postess
  • postse
  • posttes
  • potses
  • ppostes
  • psotes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opstes2posets2posstes1postess1postse2posttes1potses2ppostes1
Edit distance from "postes"

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 "postes"?
"postes" is spelled P-O-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔst\.
What does "postes" mean?
As a noun, "postes" means: Pluriel de poste.
What words are commonly confused with "postes"?
"postes" is commonly confused with "pote", "pots", "potes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "postes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postes" is \pɔst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postes" come from?
"postes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

veille#2,203humour#2,179Vienne#2,205épouse#2,208

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fruits9 variantsalliance9 variantsdoigts9 variantsaspect9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list