Which to use
“posées” and “postes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- #2,192
- “postes” frequency rank
- 12086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posées | postes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posée. | Pluriel de poste. |
Where the eye mixes posées and postes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. posées (CVCVVC) and postes (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: posées vs postes
A purely visual mix-up. posées (\po.ze\) and postes (\pɔst\) 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 - é in “posées” becomes t in “postes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12086, 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\. postes is at rank #2,192, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔst\.
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 12086, this pair ranks #406,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of posées vs postes
Shared letters: eops. Private to "posées": é. Private to "postes": t.
"posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "postes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postes ← opstes · posets · posstes · postess · postse · posttes · potses · ppostes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "posées" and "postes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "posées" vs "postes" - which ranks higher?
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 "posées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posées" and "postes" 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 #406,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.