Which to use
“portées” is an adjective and “portés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #7,742
- “portés” frequency rank
- 15623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | portés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Pluriel de porté. |
Same sound, different letters: portées vs portés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. portées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against portés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - portées and portés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: portées and portés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portées is recorded at frequency rank #7,881, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔʁ.te\. portés is at rank #7,742, tagged as anoun, 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 15623, this pair ranks #391,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs portés
Shared letters: oprsté. Private to "portées": e. Private to "portés": -.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "portés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portées" and "portés" be used interchangeably?
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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 "portées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "portés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs portés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #391,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.