picture postcard
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picture postcard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “picture postcard” in English
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
- 1Scenic, like the image on a postcard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how picture postcard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a picture-postcard summer day.
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.