Which to use
“postée” is an adjective and “poussée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,947
- “postée” frequency rank
- #5,802
- “poussée” frequency rank
- 25749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postée | poussée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de posté. | Action de pousser. |
Where the eye mixes postée and poussée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. postée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against poussée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: postée vs poussée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: postée is \pɔs.te\ while poussée is \pu.se\. 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 25749, 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\. poussée is at rank #5,802, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.se\.
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 25749, this pair ranks #339,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of postée vs poussée
Shared letters: eopsé. Private to "postée": t. Private to "poussée": u.
"postée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "poussée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "postée" and "poussée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "postée" or "poussée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "postée" and "poussée" 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 "poussée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postée" and "poussée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #339,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.