Which to use
“peser” and “poser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,751
- “peser” frequency rank
- #1,232
- “poser” frequency rank
- 9983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peser | poser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé. | Placer, mettre sur quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes peser and poser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. peser and poser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses peser with poser
A purely visual mix-up. peser (\pə.ze\) and poser (\po.ze\) 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 a single letter - e in “peser” becomes o in “poser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peser is recorded at frequency rank #8,751, classified as averb, pronounced \pə.ze\. poser is at rank #1,232, tagged as averb, pronounced \po.ze\.
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 9983, this pair ranks #414,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peser vs poser
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "peser": -. Private to "poser": o.
"peser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "poser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "peser" and "poser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "peser" vs "poser" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "peser" and "poser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peser" and "poser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs peser". 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 #414,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.