Which to use
“ponte” and “poste” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,859
- “ponte” frequency rank
- #7,683
- “poste” frequency rank
- 9542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ponte | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | construção que liga dois locais separados por superfície líquida ou por depressão | grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc |
Letter map: ponte vs poste
Shared letters muted; letters that set ponte and poste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. ponte and poste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - ponte / poste
ponte 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 differ by a single letter - n in “ponte” becomes s in “poste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ponte is recorded at frequency rank #1,859, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpõw.tʃi/. 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 9542, this pair ranks #63,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ponte vs poste
Shared letters: eopt. Private to "ponte": n. Private to "poste": s.
"ponte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ponte" and "poste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ponte" or "poste"?
What to do next
You've compared "ponte" and "poste". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ponte" 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 #63,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ponte" 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 #63,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.