Which to use
“past” is an adjective and “poste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,081
- “past” frequency rank
- #7,683
- “poste” frequency rank
- 27764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | past | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | passado | grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc |
Letter map: past vs poste
Shared letters muted; letters that set past and poste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - past and poste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: past is anadjective and posteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
past is recorded at frequency rank #20,081, classified as anadj, pronounced /pɑːst/. 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 27764, this pair ranks #41,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of past vs poste
Shared letters: pst. Private to "past": a. Private to "poste": eo.
"past" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "past" and "poste" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "past" or "poste" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "past" and "poste". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "past" 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 #41,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "past" and "poste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "past vs pastar". 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 #41,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.