postmodernist
"postmodernist" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postmodernist” is uncommon English (frequency #76,231 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,231
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - postmodern
Corpus desk
Index EN-postmodernist · postmodernist · English
postmodernist · rank #76,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,231
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Portes
Nearest frequency peer: Portes (-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 “postmodernist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- polytheistic
polytheistic
23,772 corpus weight
- Portes
Portes
23,771 corpus weight
- postmoderni…
postmodernist
23,770 corpus weight
- potentiality
potentiality
23,769 corpus weight
- Prato
Prato
23,767 corpus weight
- presage
presage
23,766 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “postmodernist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postmodernist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “postmodernist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
postmodernist is uncommon English at frequency #76,231 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "postmodern".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for postmodernist, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From postmodern + -ist. The correct English form is postmodernist, spelled P-O-S-T-M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1postmodern
Etymology
From postmodern + -ist.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).