poseevspostConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#2,898
“posee” frequency rank
#945
“post” frequency rank
3843
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posee post
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de poseer. Correo.

Where the eye mixes posee and post

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

5 ch
posee
4 ch
post

Why the eye confuses posee with post

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: posee is [poˈsee] 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 3843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posee is recorded at frequency rank #2,898, classified as averb, pronounced [poˈsee]. 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 3843, this pair ranks #317,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of posee vs post

Shared letters: ops. Private to "posee": e. Private to "post": t.

"posee" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • poseeopsee · pocee · poese · possee · pposee · psoee
  • postopst · posst · postt · pots · ppost · psot

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "posee" and "post" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posee" is a verb and "post" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "posee" or "post"?
"post" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #945 in our Spanish list, against #2,898 for "posee". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "posee" 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 #317,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posee" and "post" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posee vs potes". 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 #317,432 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