# posey

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #32,129

## Definitions
1. Pretentious; posturing.

## Etymology
From pose + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-post)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-prey)
- **posh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-posh)
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-power)
- **posts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-posts)
- **pussy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-pussy)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-prose)
- **potty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-potty)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-posse)
- **pushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-pushy)
- **posit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-posit)
- **posted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-posted)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-poster)
- **Posner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posey-vs-posner)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pos-vs-posey)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poe-vs-posey)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pope-vs-posey)
- **poem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poem-vs-posey)
- **pole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pole-vs-posey)
- **poet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poet-vs-posey)

## Common misspellings (7)
`opsey`, `poesy`, `poseyy`, `possey`, `posye`, `pposey`, `psoey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/posey