poste

noun

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The verdict

“poste” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,683
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc

Corpus desk

Index PT-poste · poste · Portuguese

poste · rank #7,683 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,683
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH prejudicar

Nearest frequency peer: prejudicar (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “poste”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “poste” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poste vs pote
80% similar
poste vs posto
80% similar
poste vs past
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poste
PropertyValue
Headwordposte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,683
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “poste”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).postecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “prejudicar” (#7,684), “permanência” (#7,681), “prejuízo” (#7,685). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “poste” fica em #7,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around poste, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,683 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for poste, with forms such as "opste", "poset", and "posste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pote", "posto", "past", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is poste, spelled P-O-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc
  2. 2
    trave do gol no futebol
  3. 3
    pessoa muito alta

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how poste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O vice-prefeito, que segundo testemunhas estaria a 100 km/h, ainda bateu o carro num poste de energia elétrica perto de sua casa.
  2. Souza cobrou escanteio, Thiago pegou o rebote e chutou bem, mas o arremate parou no poste.

This word in other languages

pole(English)poste(Español)Pfosten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opste
  • poset
  • posste
  • postte
  • potse
  • pposte
  • psote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opste2poset2posste1postte1potse2pposte1psote2
Edit distance from "poste"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poste"?
"poste" is spelled P-O-S-T-E.
What does "poste" mean?
As a noun, "poste" means: grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc
What words are commonly confused with "poste"?
"poste" is commonly confused with "pote", "posto", "past". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "poste" come from?
"poste" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

selva#7,695Noivo#7,669torta#7,708impor#7,649

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

leilão7 variantsgasto7 variantsbaiano7 variantsflora7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list