Which to use
“ponte” is a noun and “postée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,831
- “ponte” frequency rank
- #19,947
- “postée” frequency rank
- 38778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ponte | postée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de pondre, pondaison. | Féminin singulier de posté. |
Where the eye mixes ponte and postée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ponte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against postée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ponte with postée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ponte is \pɔ̃t\ while postée is \pɔs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ponte is recorded at frequency rank #18,831, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔ̃t\. postée is at rank #19,947, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔs.te\.
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 38778, this pair ranks #252,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ponte vs postée
Shared letters: eopt. Private to "ponte": n. Private to "postée": sé.
"ponte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "postée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ponte ← opnte · pnote · ponet · ponnte · pontte · potne · pponte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ponte" for "postée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ponte" or "postée" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ponte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ponte" and "postée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postée". 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 #252,870 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.