Which to use
“poire” and “poste” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,720
- “poire” frequency rank
- #695
- “poste” frequency rank
- 16415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poire | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit à pépin, de saveur agréable, ordinairement de forme oblongue, et qui va en diminuant vers la queue. | Établissement de chevaux qui était autrefois placé de distance en distance, pour le service des voyageurs. |
Where the eye mixes poire and poste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: poire vs poste
A purely visual mix-up. poire (\pwaʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poire is recorded at frequency rank #15,720, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwaʁ\. 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 16415, this pair ranks #387,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poire vs poste
Shared letters: eop. Private to "poire": ir. Private to "poste": st.
"poire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poire" and "poste" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "poire" vs "poste" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "poire" and "poste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poire" 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 #387,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poire" and "poste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poire vs priée". 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 #387,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.