Which to use
“Post” is a name and “posts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,966
- “Post” frequency rank
- #15,215
- “posts” frequency rank
- 17181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Post | posts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille allemand, néerlandais. | Pluriel de post. |
Same sound, different letters: Post vs posts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: Post vs posts
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Post and posts carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔst\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is aname, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Post” sits inside “posts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Post is recorded at frequency rank #1,966, classified as aname, pronounced \pɔst\. posts is at rank #15,215, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔst\.
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 17181, this pair ranks #384,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Post vs posts
Shared letters: opst. Private to "Post": -. Private to "posts": -.
"Post" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "posts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Post" for "posts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Post" vs "posts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"Post" and "posts" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "Post" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Post" and "posts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plots vs posts". 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 #384,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.