Which to use
“postées” and “prêtées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,919
- “postées” frequency rank
- #47,543
- “prêtées” frequency rank
- 77462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postées | prêtées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de posté. | Féminin pluriel de prêté. |
Where the eye mixes postées and prêtées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. postées (CVCCVVC) and prêtées (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses postées with prêtées
A purely visual mix-up. postées (\pɔs.te\) and prêtées (\pʁɛ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77462, 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\. prêtées is at rank #47,543, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.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 77462, this pair ranks #28,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of postées vs prêtées
Shared letters: epsté. Private to "postées": o. Private to "prêtées": rê.
"postées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "prêtées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "postées" for "prêtées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "postées" or "prêtées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "postées" and "prêtées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "postées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prêtées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postées" and "prêtées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #28,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.