Which to use
“portée” is a noun and “portées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,010
- “portée” frequency rank
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- 9891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portée | portées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Totalité des petits que les femelles des vivipares portent et mettent bas en une fois. | Féminin pluriel de porté. |
Same sound, different letters: portée vs portées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. portée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against portées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: portée vs portées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: portée and portées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔ.ʁte\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “portée” sits inside “portées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portée is recorded at frequency rank #2,010, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.ʁte\. portées is at rank #7,881, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔʁ.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 9891, this pair ranks #415,025 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of portée vs portées
Shared letters: eoprté. Private to "portée": -. Private to "portées": s.
"portée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "portée" and "portées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "portée" or "portées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "portée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,025 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portée" and "portées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portées vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #415,025 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.