Which to use
“passent” and “postent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,438
- “passent” frequency rank
- #22,655
- “postent” frequency rank
- 25093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passent | postent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de passer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster. |
Where the eye mixes passent and postent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: passent vs postent
A purely visual mix-up. passent (\pas\) and postent (\pɔst\) 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 25093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passent is recorded at frequency rank #2,438, classified as averb, pronounced \pas\. postent is at rank #22,655, tagged as averb, 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 25093, this pair ranks #342,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passent vs postent
Shared letters: enpst. Private to "passent": a. Private to "postent": o.
"passent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "postent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passent" and "postent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "passent" or "postent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "passent" and "postent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passent" and "postent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postent". 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 #342,845 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.