pocketvspostetConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#29,284
“pocket” frequency rank
#12,364
“postet” frequency rank
41648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pocket postet
Definition Geldbeutel 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs posen

Letter map: pocket vs postet

Shared letters muted; letters that set pocket and postet apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
pocket
6 ch
postet

Grammar separator: pocket vs postet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pocket is anoun and postetaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pocket is recorded at frequency rank #29,284, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. postet is at rank #12,364, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpɔʊ̯stət].

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 41648, this pair ranks #1,473,152 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pocket vs postet

Shared letters: eopt. Private to "pocket": ck. Private to "postet": s.

"pocket" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "postet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pocketopcket · pcoket · poccket · pocekt · pockett · pockket · pockte · pokcet
  • postetopstet · posett · posstet · postett · postte · posttet · potset · ppostet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pocket" and "postet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pocket" is a noun and "postet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pocket" vs "postet" - which ranks higher?
"postet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,364 in our German list, against #29,284 for "pocket". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "pocket" and "postet". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pocket" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "postet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,473,152 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pocket" and "postet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pocket 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 #1,473,152 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