Which to use
“portées” and “postée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #19,947
- “postée” frequency rank
- 27828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | postée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Féminin singulier de posté. |
Where the eye mixes portées and postée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. portées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against postée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses portées with postée
A purely visual mix-up. portées (\pɔʁ.te\) and postée (\pɔs.te\) 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 27828, 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\. postée is at rank #19,947, 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 27828, this pair ranks #326,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs postée
Shared letters: eopsté. Private to "portées": r. Private to "postée": -.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "postée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "portées" and "postée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "portées" vs "postée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "portées" and "postée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "portées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "postée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #326,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.