postmortem
noun, adjective
postmortem is spelled P-O-S-T-M-O-R-T-E-M: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “post-mortem vs postmortem” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, postmortem means “Alternative form of post mortem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of postmortem is postmortems.
How many letters and syllables are in postmortem?
| Letters | 10: P-O-S-T-M-O-R-T-E-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is postmortem?
Postmortem appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 postmortem?
Postmortem 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).
Words people confuse with postmortem
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: post-mortem (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of postmortem
- postmortems plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does postmortem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of post mortem.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of post mortem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).