post-it
"post-it" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“post-it” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A post-it note.
Corpus desk
Index EN-post-it · post-it · English
post-it · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | post-it |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “post-it” in English
Rare enough to double-check
post-it is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how post-it appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In your group, collect all the yellow and grey post-its together. Then pass them on to another group.
They all agree the number and write it on a post-it. They arrange the same cards to make the smallest possible number. When everyone has agreed, they write this number on the same post-it.
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.