Which to use
“portée” is a noun and “portez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,010
- “portée” frequency rank
- #11,638
- “portez” frequency rank
- 13648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portée | portez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Totalité des petits que les femelles des vivipares portent et mettent bas en une fois. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de porter. |
Same sound, different letters: portée vs portez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. portée (CVCCVV) and portez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - portée and portez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: portée and portez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔ.ʁte\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13648, 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\. portez is at rank #11,638, tagged as averb, 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 13648, this pair ranks #400,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of portée vs portez
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "portée": é. Private to "portez": z.
"portée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "portez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- portez ← oprtez · poretz · porrtez · portezz · porttez · portze · potrez · pportez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portée" and "portez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "portée" vs "portez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "portez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portée" and "portez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs portez". 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 #400,143 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.