Which to use
“posées” and “poules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- #7,882
- “poules” frequency rank
- 17776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posées | poules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posée. | Pluriel de poule. |
Where the eye mixes posées and poules
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. posées (CVCVVC) and poules (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between posées and poules
A purely visual mix-up. posées (\po.ze\) and poules (\pul\) 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 17776, 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\. poules is at rank #7,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pul\.
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 17776, this pair ranks #381,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of posées vs poules
Shared letters: eops. Private to "posées": é. Private to "poules": lu.
"posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "poules" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poules ← opules · polues · pouels · pouless · poulles · poulse · ppoules · puoles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "posées" and "poules" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "posées" or "poules"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "posées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posées" and "poules" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs poules". 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 #381,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.