Which to use
“portées” is an adjective and “portez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #11,638
- “portez” frequency rank
- 19519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | portez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de porter. |
Same sound, different letters: portées vs portez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. portées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against portez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: portées vs portez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: portées and portez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 19519, 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\. portez is at rank #11,638, tagged as averb, 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 19519, this pair ranks #372,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs portez
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "portées": sé. Private to "portez": z.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "portez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- portez ← oprtez · poretz · porrtez · portezz · porttez · portze · potrez · pportez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portées" and "portez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "portées" or "portez"?
Useful next steps
"portées" and "portez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "portées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "portez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs portez". 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 #372,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.