Which to use
“postulé” and “postuler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,123
- “postulé” frequency rank
- #14,763
- “postuler” frequency rank
- 46886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postulé | postuler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de postuler. | Solliciter, faire des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose, présenter sa candidature. |
Same sound, different letters: postulé vs postuler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: postulé vs postuler
This is the hard kind. postulé and postuler are pronounced identically (\pɔs.ty.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postulé is recorded at frequency rank #32,123, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔs.ty.le\. postuler is at rank #14,763, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔs.ty.le\.
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 46886, this pair ranks #191,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postulé vs postuler
Shared letters: lopstu. Private to "postulé": é. Private to "postuler": er.
"postulé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "postuler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postuler ← opstuler · posstuler · postluer · posttuler · postuelr · postulerr · postuller · postulre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "postulé" and "postuler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "postulé" vs "postuler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"postulé" and "postuler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "postulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postuler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postulé" and "postuler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postier vs postuler". 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 #191,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.