massimovspostsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#34,254
“massimo” frequency rank
#14,390
“posts” frequency rank
48644
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature massimo posts
Definition größte, maximal 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs post

Letter map: massimo vs posts

Shared letters muted; letters that set massimo and posts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. massimo runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against posts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
massimo
5 ch
posts

Grammar separator: massimo vs posts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: massimo is anadjective and postsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

massimo is recorded at frequency rank #34,254, classified as anadj, 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 48644, this pair ranks #1,240,912 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of massimo vs posts

Shared letters: os. Private to "massimo": aim. Private to "posts": pt.

"massimo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • massimoamssimo · masimo · masismo · massimmo · massiom · massmio · maßimo · mmassimo
  • postsopsts · possts · postss · postts · potss · pposts · psots

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "massimo" for "posts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "massimo" is an adjective and "posts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "massimo" or "posts"?
"posts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,390 in our German list, against #34,254 for "massimo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "massimo" 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 #1,240,912 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "massimo" and "posts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "massimo 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 #1,240,912 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