postmark
/ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/
"postmark" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postmark” is uncommon English (frequency #64,622 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,622
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a pos...
Corpus desk
Index EN-postmark · postmark · English
postmark · rank #64,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,622
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH positing
Nearest frequency peer: positing (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “postmark”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pompadour
pompadour
35,382 corpus weight
- Pontus
Pontus
35,381 corpus weight
- positing
positing
35,380 corpus weight
- postmark
postmark
35,379 corpus weight
- Poznan
Poznan
35,378 corpus weight
- pragmatical…
pragmatically
35,376 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “postmark” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postmark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “postmark” in English
Rare enough to double-check
postmark is uncommon English at frequency #64,622 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a pos...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for postmark, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of post + mark. The correct English form is postmark, spelled P-O-S-T-M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how postmark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully, and examined the postmark. "Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name."
Etymology
Compound of post + mark.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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