postingvsPostingsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,004
“posting” frequency rank
#27,454
“Postings” frequency rank
54458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posting Postings
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs post Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Posting

Letter map: posting vs Postings

Shared letters muted; letters that set posting and Postings apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

7 ch
posting
8 ch
Postings

Grammar separator: posting vs Postings

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: posting is averb and Postingsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “posting” sits inside “Postings”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posting is recorded at frequency rank #27,004, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Postings is at rank #27,454, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɔʊ̯stɪŋs].

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 54458, this pair ranks #1,018,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of posting vs Postings

Shared letters: ginopst. Private to "posting": -. Private to "Postings": -.

"posting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Postings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postingopsting · positng · possting · postign · postingg · postinng · postnig · postting
  • Postingsopstings · positngs · posstings · postigns · postinggs · postingss · postinngs · postinsg

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "posting" and "Postings" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posting" is a verb and "Postings" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "posting" or "Postings"?
"posting" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,004 in our German list, against #27,454 for "Postings". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "posting" vs "Postings" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "posting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Postings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,018,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posting" and "Postings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posting 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 #1,018,117 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