Which to use
“posées” and “poster” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- #5,385
- “poster” frequency rank
- 15279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posées | poster |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posée. | Affiche dont la fonction est essentiellement décorative, qui n’est pas ou a cessé d’être publicitaire. |
Where the eye mixes posées and poster
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. posées (CVCVVC) and poster (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses posées with poster
A purely visual mix-up. posées (\po.ze\) and poster (\pɔs.tɛʁ\) 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 15279, 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\. poster is at rank #5,385, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔs.tɛʁ\.
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 15279, this pair ranks #393,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of posées vs poster
Shared letters: eops. Private to "posées": é. Private to "poster": rt.
"posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "poster" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poster ← opster · posetr · posster · posterr · postre · postter · potser · pposter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "posées" and "poster" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "posées" or "poster"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "posées" and "poster" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "posées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poster" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posées" and "poster" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posées vs poseur". 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 #393,053 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.