Which to use
“postée” is an adjective and “posters” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,947
- “postée” frequency rank
- #25,445
- “posters” frequency rank
- 45392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postée | posters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de posté. | Pluriel de poster. |
Where the eye mixes postée and posters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between postée and posters
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: postée is \pɔs.te\ while posters is \pɔs.tɛʁ\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postée is recorded at frequency rank #19,947, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔs.te\. posters is at rank #25,445, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔs.tɛʁ\.
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 45392, this pair ranks #203,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postée vs posters
Shared letters: eopst. Private to "postée": é. Private to "posters": r.
"postée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "posters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- posters ← opsters · posetrs · possters · posterrs · posterss · postesr · postres · postters
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "postée" for "posters" ever safe?
Frequency check: "postée" vs "posters" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "postée" and "posters" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "postée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postée" and "posters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posterai vs posters". 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 #203,039 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.