Which to use
“postées” is an adjective and “postier” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,919
- “postées” frequency rank
- #48,117
- “postier” frequency rank
- 78036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postées | postier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de posté. | Agent, employé du service des postes. |
Where the eye mixes postées and postier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses postées with postier
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: postées is \pɔs.te\ while postier is \pɔs.tje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78036, 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\. postier is at rank #48,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔs.tje\.
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 78036, this pair ranks #26,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of postées vs postier
Shared letters: eopst. Private to "postées": é. Private to "postier": ir.
"postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "postier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postier ← opstier · positer · posstier · posteir · postierr · postire · posttier · potsier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "postées" for "postier" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "postées" or "postier" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "postées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postées" and "postier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postier vs potiers". 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 #26,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.