Which to use
“postulant” and “postulats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,962
- “postulant” frequency rank
- #45,238
- “postulats” frequency rank
- 92200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postulant | postulats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui sollicite, qui fait des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose. | Pluriel de postulat. |
Where the eye mixes postulant and postulats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses postulant with postulats
A purely visual mix-up. postulant (\pɔs.ty.lɑ̃\) and postulats (\pɔs.ty.la\) 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 92200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postulant is recorded at frequency rank #46,962, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔs.ty.lɑ̃\. postulats is at rank #45,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔs.ty.la\.
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 92200, this pair ranks #3,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of postulant vs postulats
Shared letters: alopstu. Private to "postulant": n. Private to "postulats": -.
"postulant" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "postulats" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "postulant" and "postulats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "postulant" vs "postulats" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "postulant" and "postulats" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "postulant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postulats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postulant" and "postulats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postulant vs postulants". 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 #3,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.