mapsvspostsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: maps is a noun, posts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“maps” is a noun and “posts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,591
“maps” frequency rank
#14,390
“posts” frequency rank
23981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maps posts
Definition Plural des Substantivs map 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs post

Letter map: maps vs posts

Shared letters muted; letters that set maps and posts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. maps runs 4 letters (CVCC) against posts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
maps
5 ch
posts

Role in the sentence - maps and posts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maps is anoun and postsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maps is recorded at frequency rank #9,591, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. posts is at rank #14,390, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 23981, this pair ranks #1,853,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of maps vs posts

Shared letters: ps. Private to "maps": am. Private to "posts": ot.

"maps" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mapsamps · mapps · mapss · masp · mmaps · mpas
  • postsopsts · possts · postss · postts · potss · pposts · psots

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "maps" for "posts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maps" is a noun and "posts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "maps" or "posts"?
"maps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,591 in our German list, against #14,390 for "posts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "maps" and "posts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "maps" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "posts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,853,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maps" and "posts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posts vs puzzles". 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 #1,853,920 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list