post office
/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/
"post-office" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“post office” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | post office |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “post office” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
post office is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
post office has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is post office, spelled P-O-S-T- -O-F-F-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
- 2An organization that delivers letters.
- 3A party game involving the exchange of kisses.
This word in other languages
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 office”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-S-T- -O-F-F-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.