ordersvspostedConfusable pair

Which to use

“orders” and “posted” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,941
“orders” frequency rank
#44,144
“posted” frequency rank
94085
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature orders posted
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs order Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs post

Letter map: orders vs posted

Shared letters muted; letters that set orders and posted apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. orders (VCCVCC) and posted (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
orders
6 ch
posted

Spelling & dictionary notes on orders vs posted

orders and posted are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

orders is recorded at frequency rank #49,941, classified as averb, 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 94085, this pair ranks #18,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of orders vs posted

Shared letters: deos. Private to "orders": r. Private to "posted": pt.

"orders" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "posted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • orders ← odrers · ordders · orderrs · orderss · ordesr · ordres · oredrs · orrders
  • posted ← opsted · posetd · possted · postde · postedd · postted · potsed · pposted

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "orders" and "posted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "orders" vs "posted" - which ranks higher?
"posted" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,144 in our German list, against #49,941 for "orders". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "orders" and "posted". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "orders" 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 #18,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "orders" and "posted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orders 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 #18,750 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