postavspozaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#5,345
“posta” frequency rank
#31,502
“poza” frequency rank
36847
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posta poza
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Where the eye mixes posta and poza

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

5 ch
posta
4 ch
poza

Visual trap between posta and poza

A purely visual mix-up. posta ([ˈpost̪a]) and poza ([ˈposa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posta is recorded at frequency rank #5,345, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpost̪a]. poza is at rank #31,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈposa].

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 36847, this pair ranks #178,463 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of posta vs poza

Shared letters: aop. Private to "posta": st. Private to "poza": z.

"posta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "poza" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postaopsta · posat · possta · postta · potsa · pposta · psota
  • pozaopza · poaz · pozza · ppoza · pzoa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "posta" for "poza" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpost̪a] versus [ˈposa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "posta" or "poza"?
"posta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,345 in our Spanish list, against #31,502 for "poza". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "posta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "poza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,463 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posta" and "poza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pom vs poza". 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 #178,463 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