portingvspostingsConfusable pair

Which to use

“porting” and “postings” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,411
“porting” frequency rank
#24,277
“postings” frequency rank
68688
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature porting postings
Definition An opening through or into which fluid or other material can flow. plural of posting

Letter map: porting vs postings

Shared letters muted; letters that set porting and postings apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

7 ch
porting
8 ch
postings

Corpus notes: porting and postings

porting and postings are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

porting is recorded at frequency rank #44,411, classified as anoun. postings is at rank #24,277, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpəʊstɪŋz/.

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 68688, this pair ranks #57,774 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of porting vs postings

Shared letters: ginopt. Private to "porting": r. Private to "postings": s.

"porting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "postings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • portingoprting · poritng · porrting · portign · portingg · portinng · portnig · portting
  • postingsopstings · positngs · posstings · postigns · postinggs · postingss · postinngs · postinsg

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "porting" for "postings" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "porting" vs "postings" - which ranks higher?
"postings" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,277 in our English list, against #44,411 for "porting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "porting" vs "postings" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "porting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "postings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,774 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "porting" and "postings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porting vs punting". 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 #57,774 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list