postéesvspostezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#29,919
“postées” frequency rank
#30,747
“postez” frequency rank
60666
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature postées postez
Definition Féminin pluriel de posté. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set postées and postez apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
postées
6 ch
postez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: postées and postez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔs.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

postées is recorded at frequency rank #29,919, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔs.te\. 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 60666, this pair ranks #96,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of postées vs postez

Shared letters: eopst. Private to "postées": é. Private to "postez": z.

"postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "postez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postezopstez · posetz · posstez · postezz · posttez · postze · potsez · ppostez

Frequency comparison

postées#29,919
postez#30,747

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "postées" and "postez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "postées" is an adjective and "postez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "postées" or "postez"?
"postées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,919 in our French list, against #30,747 for "postez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering postées vs postez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “postées”; for a verb, it's “postez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “postées” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list