mediavspostedTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,351
“media” frequency rank
#44,144
“posted” frequency rank
46495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature media posted
Definition Durchschnitt Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs post

Letter map: media vs posted

Shared letters muted; letters that set media and posted apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. media runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against posted's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
media
6 ch
posted

Grammar separator: media vs posted

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: media is anoun and postedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

media is recorded at frequency rank #2,351, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. posted is at rank #44,144, 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 46495, this pair ranks #1,317,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of media vs posted

Shared letters: de. Private to "media": aim. Private to "posted": opst.

"media" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "posted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mediaemdia · mdeia · medai · meddia · meida · mmedia
  • postedopsted · posetd · possted · postde · postedd · postted · potsed · pposted

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "media" for "posted" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "media" is a noun and "posted" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "media" or "posted"?
"media" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,351 in our German list, against #44,144 for "posted". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "media" and "posted".

  • Full dictionary entry for "media" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "posted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,317,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "media" and "posted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posted 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 #1,317,098 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