Which to use
“Ponte” is a name and “posts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,485
- “Ponte” frequency rank
- #2,265
- “posts” frequency rank
- 41750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Ponte | posts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | plural of post |
Letter map: Ponte vs posts
Shared letters muted; letters that set Ponte and posts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Ponte / posts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ponte is aname and postsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Ponte is recorded at frequency rank #39,485, classified as aname. posts is at rank #2,265, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pəʊsts/.
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 41750, this pair ranks #255,472 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Ponte vs posts
Shared letters: opt. Private to "Ponte": en. Private to "posts": s.
"Ponte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Ponte" for "posts" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "Ponte" or "posts" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "Ponte" and "posts". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Ponte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,472 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Ponte" and "posts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pons vs Ponte". 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 #255,472 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.