Which to use
“piété” and “poste” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,942
- “piété” frequency rank
- #695
- “poste” frequency rank
- 20637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piété | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dévotion, attachement aux devoirs et aux pratiques de la religion. | Établissement de chevaux qui était autrefois placé de distance en distance, pour le service des voyageurs. |
Where the eye mixes piété and poste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: piété vs poste
A purely visual mix-up. piété (\pje.te\) and poste (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piété is recorded at frequency rank #19,942, classified as anoun, pronounced \pje.te\. poste is at rank #695, 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 20637, this pair ranks #367,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of piété vs poste
Shared letters: pt. Private to "piété": ié. Private to "poste": eos.
"piété" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- poste ← opste · poset · posste · postte · potse · pposte · psote
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "piété" and "poste" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "piété" vs "poste" - which ranks higher?
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 "piété" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piété" and "poste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piété vs piétiné". 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 #367,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.