PostervsposteteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,765
“Poster” frequency rank
#49,163
“postete” frequency rank
57928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Poster postete
Definition Plakat mit künstlerischem oder provozierendem Anspruch 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs posten

Where the eye mixes Poster and postete

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Poster
7 ch
postete

Look-alike desk: Poster vs postete

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Poster is [ˈpoːstɐ] while postete is [ˈpɔʊ̯stətə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Poster is recorded at frequency rank #8,765, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoːstɐ]. postete is at rank #49,163, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpɔʊ̯stətə].

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 57928, this pair ranks #882,401 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Poster vs postete

Shared letters: eopst. Private to "Poster": r. Private to "postete": -.

"Poster" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "postete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Posteropster · posetr · posster · posterr · postre · postter · potser · pposter
  • posteteopstete · posette · posstete · posteet · postette · posttee · posttete · potsete

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Poster" and "postete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Poster" is a noun and "postete" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Poster" or "postete" show up more?
"Poster" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,765 in our German list, against #49,163 for "postete". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Poster" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "postete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #882,401 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Poster" and "postete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postete vs pustet". 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 #882,401 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