Which to use
“Poster” is a noun and “power” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,765
- “Poster” frequency rank
- #4,226
- “power” frequency rank
- 12991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Poster | power |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plakat mit künstlerischem oder provozierendem Anspruch | arm, dürftig |
Where the eye mixes Poster and power
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Poster runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against power's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Poster vs power
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Poster is [ˈpoːstɐ] while power is [ˈpoːvɐ]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12991, 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]. power is at rank #4,226, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈpoːvɐ].
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 12991, this pair ranks #1,960,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Poster vs power
Shared letters: eopr. Private to "Poster": st. Private to "power": w.
"Poster" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "power" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Poster" and "power" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Poster" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "power" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,960,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Poster" and "power" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Poster vs postete". 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 #1,960,785 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.