posanvspostWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: posan is a verb, post is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“posan” is a verb and “post” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,551
“posan” frequency rank
#945
“post” frequency rank
42496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posan post
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de posar. Correo.

Where the eye mixes posan and post

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
posan
4 ch
post

Visual trap between posan and post

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: posan is [ˈposãn] while post is /pəʊst/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posan is recorded at frequency rank #41,551, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈposãn]. 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 42496, this pair ranks #147,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of posan vs post

Shared letters: ops. Private to "posan": an. Private to "post": t.

"posan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • posanopsan · poasn · posann · posna · possan · pposan · psoan
  • postopst · posst · postt · pots · ppost · psot

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "posan" and "post" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posan" is a verb and "post" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "posan" or "post"?
"post" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #945 in our Spanish list, against #41,551 for "posan". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "posan" 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 #147,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posan" and "post" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posan vs postas". 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 #147,875 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