platôvspostoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: platô is a noun, posto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“platô” is a noun and “posto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,020
“platô” frequency rank
#1,722
“posto” frequency rank
46742
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature platô posto
Definition o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração colocado, plantado, posicionado

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set platô and posto apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
platô
5 ch
posto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: platô is anoun and postoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

platô is recorded at frequency rank #45,020, classified as anoun. posto is at rank #1,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpoʃ.tʊ/.

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 46742, this pair ranks #18,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of platô vs posto

Shared letters: pt. Private to "platô": alô. Private to "posto": os.

"platô" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "posto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • postoopsto · posot · possto · postto · potso · pposto · psoto

Frequency comparison

platô#45,020
posto#1,722

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "platô" and "posto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "platô" is a noun and "posto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "platô" or "posto"?
"posto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,722 in our Portuguese list, against #45,020 for "platô". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering platô vs posto

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “platô”; for an adjective, it's “posto”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “platô” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list