postsvstermineTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#14,390
“posts” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
18859
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posts termine
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs post der Termin

Letter map: posts vs termine

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

5 ch
posts
7 ch
termine

Grammar separator: posts vs termine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: posts is averb and termineanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posts is recorded at frequency rank #14,390, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, tagged as anoun, 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 18859, this pair ranks #1,914,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of posts vs termine

Shared letters: t. Private to "posts": ops. Private to "termine": eimnr.

"posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postsopsts · possts · postss · postts · potss · pposts · psots
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "posts" and "termine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posts" is a verb and "termine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "posts" or "termine" show up more?
"termine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,469 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "posts" and "termine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "posts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,914,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posts" and "termine" 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 #1,914,189 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