post-it
"post-it" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“post-it” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A post-it note.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | post-it |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “post-it” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for post-it is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A post-it note.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for post-it, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the 3M trademark Post-it. The correct English form is post-it, spelled P-O-S-T---I-T.
Definition
- 1A post-it note.
Etymology
From the 3M trademark Post-it.
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.
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Using “post-it”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-S-T---I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.