Which to use
“pass” and “posts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,211
- “pass” frequency rank
- #15,215
- “posts” frequency rank
- 24426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pass | posts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passe, carte d’abonnement (pour les transports en commun, les musées, etc). | Pluriel de post. |
Where the eye mixes pass and posts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pass vs posts
A purely visual mix-up. pass (\pas\) and posts (\pɔst\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pass is recorded at frequency rank #9,211, classified as anoun, pronounced \pas\. posts is at rank #15,215, 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 24426, this pair ranks #346,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pass vs posts
Shared letters: ps. Private to "pass": a. Private to "posts": ot.
"pass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pass" and "posts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pass" or "posts" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pass" and "posts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pass vs peso". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #346,707 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.