Which to use
“posées” and “powers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- #27,576
- “powers” frequency rank
- 37470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posées | powers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posée. | Pluriel de power. |
Where the eye mixes posées and powers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses posées with powers
A purely visual mix-up. posées (\po.ze\) and powers (\ˈpaʊ.ɚz\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37470, 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\. powers is at rank #27,576, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpaʊ.ɚz\.
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 37470, this pair ranks #262,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of posées vs powers
Shared letters: eops. Private to "posées": é. Private to "powers": rw.
"posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "powers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- powers ← opwers · poewrs · powerrs · powerss · powesr · powres · powwers · ppowers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "posées" for "powers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "posées" vs "powers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "powers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posées" and "powers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "potiers vs powers". 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 #262,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.