partes vs postes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“partes” is a verb and “postes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,195
“partes” frequency rank: #2,192
“postes” frequency rank: 37387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	partes	postes
Definition	De partir.	Pluriel de poste.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set partes and postes apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

partes

6 ch

postes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partes is \paʁt\ while postes is \pɔst\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partes is recorded at frequency rank #35,195, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁt\. postes is at rank #2,192, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔst\.

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 37387, this pair ranks #262,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partes vs postes

Shared letters: epst. Private to "partes": ar. Private to "postes": o.

"partes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "postes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

partes ← aprtes · parets · parrtes · partess · partse · parttes · patres · ppartes
postes ← opstes · posets · posstes · postess · postse · posttes · potses · ppostes

Frequency comparison

partes#35,195

postes#2,192

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partes" and "postes" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partes" is a verb and "postes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "partes" or "postes"?

"postes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,192 in our French list, against #35,195 for "partes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering partes vs postes

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “partes”; for a noun, it's “postes”.
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