Which to use
“portées” and “prêtées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- #47,543
- “prêtées” frequency rank
- 55424
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portées | prêtées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de porté. | Féminin pluriel de prêté. |
Where the eye mixes portées and prêtées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. portées (CVCCVVC) and prêtées (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses portées with prêtées
A purely visual mix-up. portées (\pɔʁ.te\) and prêtées (\pʁɛ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55424, 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\. prêtées is at rank #47,543, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.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 55424, this pair ranks #127,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portées vs prêtées
Shared letters: eprsté. Private to "portées": o. Private to "prêtées": ê.
"portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "prêtées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "portées" for "prêtées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "portées" vs "prêtées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "portées" and "prêtées" 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 "prêtées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portées" and "prêtées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #127,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.