Which to use
“posés” and “poseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,460
- “posés” frequency rank
- #45,796
- “poseur” frequency rank
- 57256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posés | poseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de posé. | Qui met de l’affectation dans ses attitudes, dans ses gestes, etc. |
Where the eye mixes posés and poseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: posés vs poseur
A purely visual mix-up. posés (\po.ze\) and poseur (\po.zœʁ\) 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 57256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
posés is recorded at frequency rank #11,460, classified as anadj, pronounced \po.ze\. poseur is at rank #45,796, tagged as anadj, pronounced \po.zœʁ\.
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 57256, this pair ranks #116,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of posés vs poseur
Shared letters: ops. Private to "posés": é. Private to "poseur": eru.
"posés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "poseur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poseur ← opseur · poesur · poseru · poseurr · posseur · posuer · pposeur · psoeur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "posés" for "poseur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "posés" vs "poseur" - 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 "posés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posés" and "poseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poseur vs priseur". 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 #116,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.