Which to use
“passe” and “poste” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,337
- “passe” frequency rank
- #7,683
- “poste” frequency rank
- 10020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passe | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | licença, permissão | grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc |
Letter map: passe vs poste
Shared letters muted; letters that set passe and poste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: passe and poste
passe 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 10020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passe is recorded at frequency rank #2,337, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpa.sɨ/. 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 10020, this pair ranks #63,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passe vs poste
Shared letters: eps. Private to "passe": a. Private to "poste": ot.
"passe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passe" and "poste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "passe" vs "poste" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "passe" vs "poste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "passe" 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 #63,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passe" 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 #63,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.