Which to use
“posées” and “posters” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- #25,445
- “posters” frequency rank
- 35339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posées | posters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posée. | Pluriel de poster. |
Where the eye mixes posées and posters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses posées with posters
A purely visual mix-up. posées (\po.ze\) and posters (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35339, 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\. posters is at rank #25,445, 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 35339, this pair ranks #277,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of posées vs posters
Shared letters: eops. Private to "posées": é. Private to "posters": rt.
"posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "posters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- posters ← opsters · posetrs · possters · posterrs · posterss · postesr · postres · postters
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "posées" for "posters" ever safe?
Which is more common, "posées" or "posters"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "posées" and "posters" 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 "posters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posées" and "posters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posterai vs posters". 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 #277,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.