Which to use
“parte” and “poste” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #114
- “parte” frequency rank
- #7,683
- “poste” frequency rank
- 7797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parte | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção de um todo | grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc |
Letter map: parte vs poste
Shared letters muted; letters that set parte and poste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - parte / poste
parte and poste are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parte is recorded at frequency rank #114, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɾ.tɨ/, /ˈpaɾt/. poste is at rank #7,683, tagged as anoun.
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 7797, this pair ranks #66,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parte vs poste
Shared letters: ept. Private to "parte": ar. Private to "poste": os.
"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parte" and "poste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "parte" vs "poste" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "parte" vs "poste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "parte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parte" and "poste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pont vs poste". 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 #66,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.