Which to use
“posed” and “posted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,510
- “posed” frequency rank
- #1,146
- “posted” frequency rank
- 10656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | posed | posted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of pose | simple past and past participle of post |
Where the eye mixes posed and posted
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: posed vs posted
A purely visual mix-up. posed (/pəʊzd/) and posted (/ˈpoʊstɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
posed is recorded at frequency rank #9,510, classified as averb, pronounced /pəʊzd/. posted is at rank #1,146, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpoʊstɪd/.
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 10656, this pair ranks #491,211 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of posed vs posted
Shared letters: deops. Private to "posed": -. Private to "posted": t.
"posed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "posted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "posed" and "posted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "posed" or "posted"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "posed" and "posted" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "posed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #491,211 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "posed" and "posted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plied vs posed". 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 #491,211 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.