postvsprosWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#945
“post” frequency rank
#21,806
“pros” frequency rank
22751
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature post pros
Definition Correo. Forma del plural de pro.

Where the eye mixes post and pros

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

4 ch
post
4 ch
pros

Look-alike desk: post vs pros

A purely visual mix-up. post (/pəʊst/) and pros ([ˈpɾos]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

post is recorded at frequency rank #945, classified as anoun, pronounced /pəʊst/. pros is at rank #21,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾos].

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 22751, this pair ranks #248,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of post vs pros

Shared letters: ops. Private to "post": t. Private to "pros": r.

"post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "pros" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postopst · posst · postt · pots · ppost · psot
  • prospors · ppros · pross · prros · prso · rpos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "post" and "pros" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/pəʊst/ versus [ˈpɾos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "post" vs "pros" - which ranks higher?
"post" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #945 in our Spanish list, against #21,806 for "pros". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "post" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #248,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "post" and "pros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "probo vs pros". 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 #248,888 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