Which to use
“pódio” is a noun and “posto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,075
- “pódio” frequency rank
- #1,722
- “posto” frequency rank
- 11797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pódio | posto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tribuna ou varanda em que os imperadores romanos e as grandes personagens assistiam aos espetáculos | colocado, plantado, posicionado |
Where the eye mixes pódio and posto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pódio vs posto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pódio is /ˈpɔ.dju/ while posto is /ˈpoʃ.tʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pódio is recorded at frequency rank #10,075, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɔ.dju/. 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 11797, this pair ranks #60,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pódio vs posto
Shared letters: op. Private to "pódio": dió. Private to "posto": st.
"pódio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "posto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- posto ← opsto · posot · possto · postto · potso · pposto · psoto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pódio" for "posto" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pódio" vs "posto" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pódio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pódio" and "posto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pódio vs pomo". 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 #60,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.