Which to use
“posts” and “pot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,215
- “posts” frequency rank
- #3,954
- “pot” frequency rank
- 19169
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posts | pot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de post. | Vase de terre, verre, métal, plastique ou autre matière servant à divers usages. |
Where the eye mixes posts and pot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: posts vs pot
A purely visual mix-up. posts (\pɔst\) and pot (\po\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
posts is recorded at frequency rank #15,215, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔst\. pot is at rank #3,954, tagged as anoun, pronounced \po\.
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 19169, this pair ranks #374,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of posts vs pot
Shared letters: opt. Private to "posts": s. Private to "pot": -.
"posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "pot" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- posts ← opsts · possts · postss · postts · pposts · psots
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "posts" and "pot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "posts" or "pot" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "posts" and "pot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "posts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posts" and "pot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plots vs posts". 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 #374,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.