passées vs postées, What's the Difference?

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set passées and postées apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

passées

7 ch

postées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

passées#5,057

postées#29,919

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "passées" and "postées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\pa.se\ versus \pɔs.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "passées" or "postées"?

"passées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,057 in our French list, against #29,919 for "postées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering passées vs postées

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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