postal

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The verdict

“postal” is uncommon German (frequency #64,615 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,615
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Ansichtskarte, die Postkarte

Corpus desk

Index DE-postal · postal · German

postal · rank #64,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,615
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH positionierte

Nearest frequency peer: positionierte (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „postal“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „postal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for postal
PropertyValue
Headwordpostal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,615
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „postal“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).postalfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „positionierte“ (#64,614), „postmodernen“ (#64,616), „Polymere“ (#64,613). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „postal“ bei #64,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

postal is uncommon German at frequency #64,615 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Ansichtskarte, die Postkarte".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for postal, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is postal, spelled P-O-S-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Ansichtskarte, die Postkarte

Synonyms

targeta postal

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postal"?
"postal" is spelled P-O-S-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "postal" mean?
As a noun, "postal" means: die Ansichtskarte, die Postkarte
How do you pronounce "postal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postal" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postal" come from?
"postal" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piepen#64,602Rauten#64,633Papaya#64,588salute#64,666

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list