posey
"posey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“posey” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,129
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pretentious; posturing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-posey · posey · English
posey · rank #32,129 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,129
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH porta
Nearest frequency peer: porta (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “posey”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- plunger
plunger
67,875 corpus weight
- pokes
pokes
67,874 corpus weight
- porta
porta
67,873 corpus weight
- posey
posey
67,872 corpus weight
- presto
presto
67,871 corpus weight
- priestly
priestly
67,870 corpus weight
What this shows “posey” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “posey”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around posey, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,129 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pretentious; posturing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for posey, with forms such as "opsey", "poesy", and "poseyy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "post", "prey", "posh", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pose + -y. The correct English form is posey, spelled P-O-S-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Pretentious; posturing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how posey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] I missed one of Freda's main revelations because I got distracted by the posey glide she was making across the room […]
Etymology
From pose + -y.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opsey
- poesy
- poseyy
- possey
- posye
- pposey
- psoey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posey - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "posey", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).