Which to use
“porterait” and “posterai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,946
- “porterait” frequency rank
- #49,288
- “posterai” frequency rank
- 69234
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porterait | posterai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de porter. | Première personne du singulier du futur de poster. |
Where the eye mixes porterait and posterai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. porterait runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against posterai's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between porterait and posterai
A purely visual mix-up. porterait (\pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ\) and posterai (\pɔs.tə.ʁe\) 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 69234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porterait is recorded at frequency rank #19,946, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ\. posterai is at rank #49,288, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔs.tə.ʁe\.
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 69234, this pair ranks #55,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of porterait vs posterai
Shared letters: aeioprt. Private to "porterait": -. Private to "posterai": s.
"porterait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "posterai" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "porterait" for "posterai" ever safe?
Which is more common, "porterait" or "posterai"?
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 "porterait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posterai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porterait" and "posterai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porterai vs posterai". 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 #55,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.