posteovspostesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#35,196
“posteo” frequency rank
#17,518
“postes” frequency rank
52714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posteo postes
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de postear. Forma del plural de poste.

Where the eye mixes posteo and postes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
posteo
6 ch
postes

Look-alike desk: posteo vs postes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: posteo is [posˈt̪eo] while postes is [ˈpost̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - o in “posteo” becomes s in “postes”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posteo is recorded at frequency rank #35,196, classified as averb, pronounced [posˈt̪eo]. postes is at rank #17,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpost̪es].

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 52714, this pair ranks #91,377 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of posteo vs postes

Shared letters: eopst. Private to "posteo": -. Private to "postes": -.

"posteo" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "postes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • posteoopsteo · poseto · possteo · postoe · postteo · potseo · pposteo · psoteo
  • postesopstes · posets · posstes · postess · postse · posttes · potses · ppostes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "posteo" for "postes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posteo" is a verb and "postes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "posteo" or "postes" show up more?
"postes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,518 in our Spanish list, against #35,196 for "posteo". 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 "posteo" and "postes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "posteo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "postes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,377 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posteo" and "postes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postas vs posteo". 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 #91,377 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