postdating
noun, verb
postdating is spelled P-O-S-T-D-A-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, postdating means “A later citation of a lexical item” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of postdating is postdatings.
How many letters and syllables are in postdating?
| Letters | 10: P-O-S-T-D-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is postdating?
Postdating appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 postdating?
Postdating has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of postdating
- postdatings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does postdating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A later citation of a lexical item.
The new edition of the dictionary contains several postdatings.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of postdate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).