aftercare

af·ter·care/ˈæf.təɹ.kɛɹ/noun

aftercare is spelled A-F-T-E-R-C-A-R-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (af·ter·care). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aftercare means “The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in aftercare?

Letters	9: A-F-T-E-R-C-A-R-E
Syllables	3: af·ter·care
In writing	about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is aftercare?

Aftercare appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce aftercare?

UK /ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/
UK /ˈæf-/
US /ˈæf.təɹ.kɛɹ/

Aftercare has 3 syllables, split af·ter·care in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-aftercare.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does aftercare mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
Near-synonym: rehab
2
Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
3
Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
4
Emotional support offered by creators of a television program to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.
5
Tender affection and physical care given to a partner after an activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Aftercare in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	postcure, suivi (care given to a patient during recovery)
Portuguese	aftercare (affection given to a partner after a BDSM…)
Spanish	cariño postsexual, afección posterótica (affection given to a partner after a BDSM…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does aftercare come from?

From after- + care.