Which to use
“poste” is a noun and “postulé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #695
- “poste” frequency rank
- #32,123
- “postulé” frequency rank
- 32818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poste | postulé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établissement de chevaux qui était autrefois placé de distance en distance, pour le service des voyageurs. | Participe passé masculin singulier de postuler. |
Where the eye mixes poste and postulé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. poste runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against postulé's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poste and postulé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poste is \pɔst\ while postulé is \pɔs.ty.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poste is recorded at frequency rank #695, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔst\. postulé is at rank #32,123, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔs.ty.le\.
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 32818, this pair ranks #294,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poste vs postulé
Shared letters: opst. Private to "poste": e. Private to "postulé": lué.
"poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "postulé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- poste ← opste · poset · posste · postte · potse · pposte · psote
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poste" for "postulé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "poste" vs "postulé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "poste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postulé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poste" and "postulé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postulé vs postures". 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 #294,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.