Which to use
“postez” is a verb and “posts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,747
- “postez” frequency rank
- #15,215
- “posts” frequency rank
- 45962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postez | posts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster. | Pluriel de post. |
Where the eye mixes postez and posts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: postez vs posts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: postez is \pɔs.te\ while posts is \pɔst\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postez is recorded at frequency rank #30,747, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔs.te\. posts is at rank #15,215, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔst\.
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 45962, this pair ranks #198,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postez vs posts
Shared letters: opst. Private to "postez": ez. Private to "posts": -.
"postez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "postez" and "posts" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "postez" or "posts" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "postez" and "posts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "postez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postez" and "posts" 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 #198,702 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.