Which to use
“porn” and “post” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,016
- “porn” frequency rank
- #360
- “post” frequency rank
- 3376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porn | post |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pornography. | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. |
Where the eye mixes porn and post
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between porn and post
A purely visual mix-up. porn (/pɔːn/) and post (/pəʊst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porn is recorded at frequency rank #3,016, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɔːn/. post is at rank #360, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pəʊst/.
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 3376, this pair ranks #522,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of porn vs post
Shared letters: op. Private to "porn": nr. Private to "post": st.
"porn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "porn" for "post" ever safe?
Frequency check: "porn" vs "post" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "porn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "post" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #522,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porn" and "post" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poon vs porn". 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 #522,301 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.