picture postcard

adj

"picture-postcard" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“picture postcard” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Scenic, like the image on a postcard.

Corpus desk

Index EN-picture-postcard · picture postcard · English

picture postcard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Key facts for picture postcard
PropertyValue
Headwordpicture postcard
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “picture postcard” in English

picture postcardranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

picture postcard is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Scenic, like the image on a postcard.".

Zero misspellings are on record for picture postcard in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is picture postcard, spelled P-I-C-T-U-R-E- -P-O-S-T-C-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Scenic, like the image on a postcard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It was a picture-postcard summer day.
  2. A place that's mostly sunny, but that isn't very picture postcard when your doctor has warned you never to go out with less than SP-30 sunblock.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "picture postcard"?
"picture postcard" is spelled P-I-C-T-U-R-E- -P-O-S-T-C-A-R-D.
What does "picture postcard" mean?
As an adjective, "picture postcard" means: Scenic, like the image on a postcard.
What language does "picture postcard" come from?
"picture postcard" is a English 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list