Which to use
“portées” and “postées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #29,919
- “postées” frequency rank
- 37800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | postées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Féminin pluriel de posté. |
Where the eye mixes portées and postées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. portées and postées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses portées with postées
A purely visual mix-up. portées (\pɔʁ.te\) and postées (\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 a single letter - r in “portées” becomes s in “postées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37800, 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\. postées is at rank #29,919, 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 37800, this pair ranks #259,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs postées
Shared letters: eopsté. Private to "portées": r. Private to "postées": -.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portées" and "postées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "portées" or "postées" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "portées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "postées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postées vs postier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #259,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.