pontevspostetWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,853
“ponte” frequency rank
#12,364
“postet” frequency rank
57217
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ponte postet
Definition die Brücke 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs posen

Letter map: ponte vs postet

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

5 ch
ponte
6 ch
postet

Grammar separator: ponte vs postet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ponte is anoun and postetaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ponte is recorded at frequency rank #44,853, 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 57217, this pair ranks #909,945 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ponte vs postet

Shared letters: eopt. Private to "ponte": n. Private to "postet": s.

"ponte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "postet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ponteopnte · pnote · ponet · ponnte · pontte · potne · pponte
  • postetopstet · posett · posstet · postett · postte · posttet · potset · ppostet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ponte" and "postet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ponte" is a noun and "postet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ponte" or "postet"?
"postet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,364 in our German list, against #44,853 for "ponte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ponte" and "postet".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ponte" 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 #909,945 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ponte" and "postet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ponte 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 #909,945 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