Which to use
“poésies” and “postes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,833
- “poésies” frequency rank
- #2,192
- “postes” frequency rank
- 21025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poésies | postes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de poésie. | Pluriel de poste. |
Where the eye mixes poésies and postes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. poésies runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against postes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poésies and postes
A purely visual mix-up. poésies (\pɔ.e.zi\) and postes (\pɔst\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poésies is recorded at frequency rank #18,833, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.e.zi\. postes is at rank #2,192, 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 21025, this pair ranks #365,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poésies vs postes
Shared letters: eops. Private to "poésies": ié. Private to "postes": t.
"poésies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "postes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postes ← opstes · posets · posstes · postess · postse · posttes · potses · ppostes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poésies" and "postes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "poésies" or "postes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "poésies" and "postes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poésies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poésies" and "postes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poésies vs polies". 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 #365,249 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.