Which to use
“porter” is a noun and “postet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,025
- “porter” frequency rank
- #12,364
- “postet” frequency rank
- 30389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porter | postet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Gepäckträger: Person, die Gepäck oder ähnliche Gegenstände trägt | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs posen |
Letter map: porter vs postet
Shared letters muted; letters that set porter and postet apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for porter / postet
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: porter 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 30389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porter is recorded at frequency rank #18,025, 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 30389, this pair ranks #1,748,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of porter vs postet
Shared letters: eopt. Private to "porter": r. Private to "postet": s.
"porter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "postet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "porter" for "postet" ever safe?
Which is more common, "porter" or "postet"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "porter" and "postet".
- Full dictionary entry for "porter" 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 #1,748,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porter" and "postet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porter 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 #1,748,870 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.