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

#49,207
“postas” frequency rank
#48,004
“pozas” frequency rank
97211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature postas pozas
Definition Forma del plural de posta. Tipo de bocadillo o sándwich cuyos ingredientes principales son tomate, sal y aceite.

Where the eye mixes postas and pozas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. postas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against pozas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
postas
5 ch
pozas

Visual trap between postas and pozas

A purely visual mix-up. postas ([ˈpost̪as]) and pozas ([ˈposas]) 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 97211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

postas is recorded at frequency rank #49,207, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpost̪as]. pozas is at rank #48,004, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈposas].

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 97211, this pair ranks #207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of postas vs pozas

Shared letters: aops. Private to "postas": t. Private to "pozas": z.

"postas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "pozas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postas ← opstas · posats · posstas · postass · postsa · posttas · potsas · ppostas
  • pozas ← opzas · poazs · pozass · pozsa · pozzas · ppozas · pzoas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "postas" and "pozas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpost̪as] versus [ˈposas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "postas" or "pozas"?
"pozas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,004 in our Spanish list, against #49,207 for "postas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "postas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pozas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "postas" and "pozas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postas vs postean". 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 #207 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