Which to use
“portée” is a noun and “postées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,010
- “portée” frequency rank
- #29,919
- “postées” frequency rank
- 31929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portée | postées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Totalité des petits que les femelles des vivipares portent et mettent bas en une fois. | Féminin pluriel de posté. |
Where the eye mixes portée and postées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: portée vs postées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: portée is \pɔ.ʁte\ while postées 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 31929, 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\. postées is at rank #29,919, 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 31929, this pair ranks #300,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portée vs postées
Shared letters: eopté. Private to "portée": r. Private to "postées": s.
"portée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "portée" for "postées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "portée" or "postées" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "portée" and "postées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "portée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portée" and "postées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postées vs postier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #300,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.