Which to use
“passées” and “postées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,057
- “passées” frequency rank
- #29,919
- “postées” frequency rank
- 34976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passées | postées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de passé. | Féminin pluriel de posté. |
Where the eye mixes passées and postées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. passées and postées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses passées with postées
A purely visual mix-up. passées (\pa.se\) and postées (\pɔs.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passées is recorded at frequency rank #5,057, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.se\. postées is at rank #29,919, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔs.te\.
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 34976, this pair ranks #280,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passées vs postées
Shared letters: epsé. Private to "passées": a. Private to "postées": ot.
"passées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "passées" and "postées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "passées" vs "postées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "passées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passées" and "postées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postées vs postier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #280,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.