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“pogo” and “post” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,128
“pogo” frequency rank
#945
“post” frequency rank
47073
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pogo post
Definition Dispositivo de recreación que permite hacer saltos a partir de un mecanismo que hace de resorte. Correo.

Where the eye mixes pogo and post

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. pogo (CVCV) and post (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
pogo
4 ch
post

Why the eye confuses pogo with post

A purely visual mix-up. pogo ([ˈpoɣ̞o]) and post (/pəʊst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pogo is recorded at frequency rank #46,128, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoɣ̞o]. post is at rank #945, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pəʊst/.

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 47073, this pair ranks #122,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pogo vs post

Shared letters: op. Private to "pogo": g. Private to "post": st.

"pogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pogo ← opgo · pgoo · poggo · poog · ppogo
  • post ← opst · posst · postt · pots · ppost · psot

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pogo" and "post" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpoɣ̞o] versus /pəʊst/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pogo" or "post" show up more?
"post" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #945 in our Spanish list, against #46,128 for "pogo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "pogo" and "post" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pogo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "post" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #122,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pogo" and "post" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pogo vs probo". 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 #122,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list