postes

/[ˈpost̪es]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,518

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

postes is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de poste. Pronounced [ˈpost̪es]. Often confused with pote and potes.

Key facts for postes
PropertyValue
Headwordpostes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpost̪es]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,518
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of postes in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for postes is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpost̪es]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,518 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de poste.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for postes, with forms such as "opstes", "posets", and "posstes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pote", "potes", "postre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is postes, spelled P-O-S-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de poste.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opstes,posets,posstes,postess,postse,posttes,potses,ppostes,psotes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for postes

Misspelling Variants of "postes"

opstes6posets6posstes7postess7postse6posttes7potses6ppostes7
Misspelling Variants of "postes"

Frequency rank: #17,518 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postes"?
"postes" is spelled P-O-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpost̪es].
What does "postes" mean?
As a noun, "postes" means: Forma del plural de poste.
What words are commonly confused with "postes"?
"postes" is commonly confused with "pote", "potes", "postre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "postes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postes" is [ˈpost̪es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postes" come from?
"postes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.