Which to use
“postal” is an adjective and “poste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,244
- “postal” frequency rank
- #7,683
- “poste” frequency rank
- 15927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postal | poste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | do correio | grande e alongado cilindro de madeira, cimento ou outro material e que é usado para sustentar fios elétricos, lâmpadas, etc |
Letter map: postal vs poste
Shared letters muted; letters that set postal and poste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for postal / poste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: postal is anadjective and posteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postal is recorded at frequency rank #8,244, classified as anadj, pronounced /puʃ.ˈtaɫ/. 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 15927, this pair ranks #55,785 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postal vs poste
Shared letters: opst. Private to "postal": al. Private to "poste": e.
"postal" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "poste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "postal" 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 #55,785 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postal" and "poste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pastar vs postal". 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 #55,785 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.