PostvspostezTell them apart

Quick tell: Post is a name, postez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Post” is a name and “postez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,966
“Post” frequency rank
#30,747
“postez” frequency rank
32713
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Post postez
Definition Nom de famille allemand, néerlandais. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster.

Where the eye mixes Post and postez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Post
6 ch
postez

Visual trap between Post and postez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Post is \pɔst\ while postez is \pɔs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Post” sits inside “postez”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Post is recorded at frequency rank #1,966, classified as aname, pronounced \pɔst\. postez is at rank #30,747, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔs.te\.

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 32713, this pair ranks #295,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Post vs postez

Shared letters: opst. Private to "Post": -. Private to "postez": ez.

"Post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "postez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Postopst · posst · postt · ppost · psot
  • postezopstez · posetz · posstez · postezz · posttez · postze · potsez · ppostez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Post" and "postez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Post" is a name and "postez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Post" or "postez"?
"Post" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,966 in our French list, against #30,747 for "postez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "Post" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "postez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #295,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Post" and "postez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postez". 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 #295,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list