Postille
[pɔsˈtɪlə]
The verdict
“Postille” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kollektion von Predigten
Corpus desk
Index DE-postille · Postille · German
Postille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Postille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔsˈtɪlə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Postille“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Postille is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔsˈtɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Postille in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Postille, spelled P-O-S-T-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Kollektion von Predigten
- 2Buch, das in schlichter Weise auf eine positive geistige, moralische oder religiöse Beeinflussung des Lesers abzielt; Erbauungsbuch
- 3thematisch spezialisierte Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Ähnliches
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.