posthum

[pɔstˈhuːm]

/[pɔstˈhuːm]/ adj

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The verdict

“posthum” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,969
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-posthum · posthum · German

posthum · rank #49,969 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,969
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pollock

Nearest frequency peer: Pollock (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „posthum“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „posthum“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for posthum
PropertyValue
Headwordposthum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɔstˈhuːm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,969
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „posthum“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).posthumliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pollock“ (#49,968), „Polizeistaat“ (#49,967), „prachtvoll“ (#49,971). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „posthum“ bei #49,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around posthum (IPA [pɔstˈhuːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,969 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for posthum, with forms such as "opsthum", "poshtum", and "possthum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is posthum, spelled P-O-S-T-H-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how posthum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Eines der bahnbrechenden Werke der Linguistik, Ferdinand de Saussures Cours de linguistique générale (Titel der deutschen Übersetzung: Grundfragen der allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft) erschien 1916 posthum.
  2. „Jinnah starb kurz nach der Gründung Pakistans am 11. September 1948. Posthum verlieh ihm die pakistanische Regierung den Titel Qaid-e-Azam (Großer Führer).“

This word in other languages

posthumous(English)posthume(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsthum
  • poshtum
  • possthum
  • posthhum
  • posthmu
  • posthumm
  • postthum
  • postuhm
  • potshum
  • pposthum
  • psothum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posthum - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opsthum2poshtum2possthum1posthhum1posthmu2posthumm1postthum1postuhm2
Edit distance from "posthum"

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 "posthum"?
"posthum" is spelled P-O-S-T-H-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔstˈhuːm].
What does "posthum" mean?
As an adjective, "posthum" means: nach jemandes Tod erfolgend, nachträglich geschehend
What are common misspellings of "posthum"?
Common misspellings include "opsthum", "poshtum", "possthum", "posthhum", "posthmu". The correct spelling is "posthum".
How do you pronounce "posthum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "posthum" is [pɔstˈhuːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "posthum" come from?
"posthum" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pollock#49,968purpose#49,985puzzles#49,986Reifung#49,999

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

peperoni11 variantsOldesloe11 variantsReiterin11 variantsKaugummis11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list