postsvsprostConfusable pair

Quick tell: posts is a verb, prost is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“posts” is a verb and “prost” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,390
“posts” frequency rank
#10,544
“prost” frequency rank
24934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posts prost
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs post Ausspruch zum Anstoßen beim Trinken bzw. bei einem Toast

Letter map: posts vs prost

Shared letters muted; letters that set posts and prost apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
posts
5 ch
prost

Role in the sentence - posts and prost

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: posts is averb and prostanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posts is recorded at frequency rank #14,390, classified as averb, pronounced […]. prost is at rank #10,544, tagged as anintj, pronounced [pʁoːst].

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 24934, this pair ranks #1,840,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of posts vs prost

Shared letters: opst. Private to "posts": -. Private to "prost": r.

"posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "prost" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postsopsts · possts · postss · postts · potss · pposts · psots
  • prostporst · pprost · prosst · prostt · prots · prrost · prsot · rpost

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "posts" for "prost" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posts" is a verb and "prost" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "posts" or "prost"?
"prost" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,544 in our German list, against #14,390 for "posts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "posts" and "prost".

  • Full dictionary entry for "posts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,840,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posts" and "prost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posts 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 #1,840,502 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