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. |
Same sound, different letters: postées vs postez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. postées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against postez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - postées / postez
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
- postez ← opstez · posetz · posstez · postezz · posttez · postze · potsez · ppostez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "postées" for "postez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "postées" / "postez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "postées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postées" and "postez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontet vs postez". 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 #96,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.