# posthumous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/ · frequency rank #30,184

## Definitions
1. After the death of someone.
2. Taking place after one's own death.
3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. Born after the death of one's father.

## Etymology
From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ⟨h⟩ added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.

## Easily confused with
- **posthumously** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posthumous-vs-posthumously)

## Common misspellings (15)
`opsthumous`, `poshtumous`, `possthumous`, `posthhumous`, `posthmuous`, `posthummous`, `posthumosu`, `posthumouss`, `posthumuos`, `posthuomus`, `postthumous`, `postuhmous`, `potshumous`, `pposthumous`, `psothumous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/posthumous