Which to use
“posés” is an adjective and “posons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,460
- “posés” frequency rank
- #31,188
- “posons” frequency rank
- 42648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posés | posons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de posé. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poser. |
Where the eye mixes posés and posons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between posés and posons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: posés is \po.ze\ while posons is \po.zɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42648, 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\. posons is at rank #31,188, tagged as averb, pronounced \po.zɔ̃\.
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 42648, this pair ranks #224,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of posés vs posons
Shared letters: ops. Private to "posés": é. Private to "posons": n.
"posés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "posons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- posons ← opsons · poosns · posnos · posonns · posonss · pososn · possons · pposons
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "posés" for "posons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "posés" vs "posons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "posés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posés" and "posons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posons vs protons". 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 #224,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.