postedvsPosterConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#44,144
“posted” frequency rank
#8,765
“Poster” frequency rank
52909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posted Poster
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs post Plakat mit künstlerischem oder provozierendem Anspruch

Letter map: posted vs Poster

Shared letters muted; letters that set posted and Poster apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
posted
6 ch
Poster

Grammar separator: posted vs Poster

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: posted is averb and Posteranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “posted” becomes r in “Poster”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posted is recorded at frequency rank #44,144, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Poster is at rank #8,765, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoːstɐ].

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 52909, this pair ranks #1,078,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of posted vs Poster

Shared letters: eopst. Private to "posted": d. Private to "Poster": r.

"posted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Poster" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postedopsted · posetd · possted · postde · postedd · postted · potsed · pposted
  • Posteropster · posetr · posster · posterr · postre · postter · potser · pposter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "posted" for "Poster" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posted" is a verb and "Poster" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "posted" vs "Poster" - which ranks higher?
"Poster" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,765 in our German list, against #44,144 for "posted". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "posted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Poster" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,078,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posted" and "Poster" 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 #1,078,543 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