repostvswellsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#40,790
“repost” frequency rank
#17,186
“wells” frequency rank
57976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repost wells
Definition Repost 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs well

Letter map: repost vs wells

Shared letters muted; letters that set repost and wells apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. repost runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against wells's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
repost
5 ch
wells

Part-of-speech tell for repost / wells

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: repost is anoun and wellsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repost is recorded at frequency rank #40,790, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. wells is at rank #17,186, tagged as averb, 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 57976, this pair ranks #880,396 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repost vs wells

Shared letters: es. Private to "repost": oprt. Private to "wells": lw.

"repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "wells" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reposterpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost
  • wellsewlls · wellss · welsl · wlels · wwells

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repost" and "wells" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repost" is a noun and "wells" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "repost" vs "wells" - which ranks higher?
"wells" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,186 in our German list, against #40,790 for "repost". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "repost" and "wells". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repost" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wells" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #880,396 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repost" and "wells" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs repost". 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 #880,396 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