Which to use
“postulants” and “postulats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,523
- “postulants” frequency rank
- #45,238
- “postulats” frequency rank
- 92761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postulants | postulats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de postulant. | Pluriel de postulat. |
Where the eye mixes postulants and postulats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. postulants runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCC) against postulats's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: postulants vs postulats
A purely visual mix-up. postulants (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postulants is recorded at frequency rank #47,523, 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 92761, this pair ranks #2,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of postulants vs postulats
Shared letters: alopstu. Private to "postulants": n. Private to "postulats": -.
"postulants" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC · "postulats" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postulants ← opstulants · posstulants · postluants · posttulants · postualnts · postulannts · postulanst · postulantss
- postulats ← opstulats · posstulats · postluats · posttulats · postualts · postulast · postulatss · postulatts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "postulants" and "postulats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "postulants" vs "postulats" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "postulants" 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 #2,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postulants" 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 #2,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.