Which to use
“portées” and “porteuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #23,982
- “porteuses” frequency rank
- 31863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | porteuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Féminin pluriel de porteur. |
Where the eye mixes portées and porteuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. portées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against porteuses's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses portées with porteuses
A purely visual mix-up. portées (\pɔʁ.te\) and porteuses (\pɔʁ.tøz\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31863, 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\. porteuses is at rank #23,982, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔʁ.tøz\.
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 31863, this pair ranks #301,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs porteuses
Shared letters: eoprst. Private to "portées": é. Private to "porteuses": u.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "porteuses" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- porteuses ← oprteuses · poretuses · porrteuses · portesues · porteuess · porteusess · porteusses · portteuses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "portées" and "porteuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "portées" or "porteuses" 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 "porteuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "porteuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poreuse vs porteuses". 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 #301,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.