Which to use
“postales” and “postées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,212
- “postales” frequency rank
- #29,919
- “postées” frequency rank
- 46131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postales | postées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de postal. | Féminin pluriel de posté. |
Where the eye mixes postales and postées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses postales with postées
A purely visual mix-up. postales (\pɔs.tal\) and postées (\pɔs.te\) 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 46131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postales is recorded at frequency rank #16,212, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔs.tal\. postées is at rank #29,919, tagged as anadj, 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 46131, this pair ranks #197,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postales vs postées
Shared letters: eopst. Private to "postales": al. Private to "postées": é.
"postales" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postales ← opstales · posatles · posstales · postaels · postaless · postalles · postalse · postlaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "postales" and "postées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "postales" or "postées"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "postales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postales" and "postées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postées vs postier". 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 #197,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.