postsvsSOGWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,390
“posts” frequency rank
#3,997
“SOG” frequency rank
18387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posts SOG
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs post Gesetz über die öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung (Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz)

Letter map: posts vs SOG

Shared letters muted; letters that set posts and SOG apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
posts
3 ch
SOG

Role in the sentence - posts and SOG

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: posts is averb and SOGanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posts is recorded at frequency rank #14,390, classified as averb, pronounced […]. SOG is at rank #3,997, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 18387, this pair ranks #1,918,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of posts vs SOG

Shared letters: os. Private to "posts": pt. Private to "SOG": g.

"posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "SOG" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postsopsts · possts · postss · postts · potss · pposts · psots

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "posts" and "SOG" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posts" is a verb and "SOG" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "posts" or "SOG" show up more?
"SOG" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,997 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

Pair "posts" vs "SOG" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "posts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "SOG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,918,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posts" and "SOG" 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 #1,918,729 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