Which to use
“portée” is a noun and “postée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,010
- “portée” frequency rank
- #19,947
- “postée” frequency rank
- 21957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portée | postée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Totalité des petits que les femelles des vivipares portent et mettent bas en une fois. | Féminin singulier de posté. |
Where the eye mixes portée and postée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: portée vs postée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: portée is \pɔ.ʁte\ while postée is \pɔs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “portée” becomes s in “postée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21957, 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\. 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 21957, this pair ranks #360,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of portée vs postée
Shared letters: eopté. Private to "portée": r. Private to "postée": s.
"portée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "postée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "portée" and "postée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "portée" or "postée" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "portée" 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 #360,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portée" and "postée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #360,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.