Which to use
“portez” and “postez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,638
- “portez” frequency rank
- #30,747
- “postez” frequency rank
- 42385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portez | postez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de porter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster. |
Where the eye mixes portez and postez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. portez and postez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses portez with postez
A purely visual mix-up. portez (\pɔʁ.te\) and postez (\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 “portez” becomes s in “postez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portez is recorded at frequency rank #11,638, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.te\. postez is at rank #30,747, tagged as averb, 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 42385, this pair ranks #226,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portez vs postez
Shared letters: eoptz. Private to "portez": r. Private to "postez": s.
"portez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "postez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "portez" and "postez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "portez" or "postez" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "portez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portez" and "postez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postez". 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 #226,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.