poset
/ˈpəʊsɛt/noun
poset is spelled P-O-S-E-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poset means “A partially ordered set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poset is posets.
How many letters and syllables are in poset?
| Letters | 5: P-O-S-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is poset?
Poset appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce poset?
- /ˈpəʊsɛt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-poset.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with poset?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as poset.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pesto, stope, estop, stoep.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of poset
- posets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poset mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A partially ordered set.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does poset come from?
Abbreviation of partially ordered set. Coined by American mathematician Garrett Birkhoff in his Lattice Theory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).