Which to use
“portées” and “porteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #7,480
- “porteurs” frequency rank
- 15361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | porteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Masculin pluriel de porteur. |
Where the eye mixes portées and porteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. portées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against porteurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between portées and porteurs
A purely visual mix-up. portées (\pɔʁ.te\) and porteurs (\pɔʁ.tœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15361, 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\. porteurs is at rank #7,480, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔʁ.tœʁ\.
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 15361, this pair ranks #392,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs porteurs
Shared letters: eoprst. Private to "portées": é. Private to "porteurs": u.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "porteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- porteurs ← oprteurs · poreturs · porrteurs · porterus · porteurrs · porteurss · porteusr · portteurs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "portées" for "porteurs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "portées" or "porteurs" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "portées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "porteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portées vs prêtées". 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 #392,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.