Which to use
“podre” is an adjective and “poste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,388
- “podre” frequency rank
- #7,683
- “poste” frequency rank
- 17071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | podre | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está em decomposição | grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc |
Letter map: podre vs poste
Shared letters muted; letters that set podre and poste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: podre vs poste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: podre is anadjective and posteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
podre is recorded at frequency rank #9,388, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈpo.dɾɨ/. 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 17071, this pair ranks #54,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of podre vs poste
Shared letters: eop. Private to "podre": dr. Private to "poste": st.
"podre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "podre" vs "poste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "podre" 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 #54,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "podre" and "poste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "podre vs puré". 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 #54,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.