Which to use
“posées” is a noun and “posera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- #21,729
- “posera” frequency rank
- 31623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posées | posera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posée. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de poser. |
Where the eye mixes posées and posera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. posées (CVCVVC) and posera (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses posées with posera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: posées is \po.ze\ while posera is \po.zə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
posées is recorded at frequency rank #9,894, classified as anoun, pronounced \po.ze\. posera is at rank #21,729, tagged as averb, pronounced \po.zə.ʁa\.
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 31623, this pair ranks #302,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of posées vs posera
Shared letters: eops. Private to "posées": é. Private to "posera": ar.
"posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "posera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- posera ← opsera · poesra · posear · poserra · posrea · possera · pposera · psoera
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "posées" and "posera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "posées" or "posera" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "posées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posées" and "posera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posera 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 #302,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.