Which to use
“postures” and “poutres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,654
- “postures” frequency rank
- #18,024
- “poutres” frequency rank
- 41678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postures | poutres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de posture. | Pluriel de poutre. |
Where the eye mixes postures and poutres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. postures runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against poutres's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: postures vs poutres
A purely visual mix-up. postures (\pɔs.tyʁ\) and poutres (\putʁ\) 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 41678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postures is recorded at frequency rank #23,654, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔs.tyʁ\. poutres is at rank #18,024, tagged as anoun, pronounced \putʁ\.
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 41678, this pair ranks #231,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postures vs poutres
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "postures": -. Private to "poutres": -.
"postures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "poutres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "postures" and "poutres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "postures" vs "poutres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "postures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poutres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postures" and "poutres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posthumes vs postures". 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 #231,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.