postoperative
/poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/
"postoperative" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postoperative” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,843
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postoperative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #40,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “postoperative” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around postoperative (IPA /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,843 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for postoperative, with forms such as "opstoperative", "posotperative", and "posstoperative". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From post- + operative. The correct English form is postoperative, spelled P-O-S-T-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
Etymology
From post- + operative.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opstoperative
- posotperative
- posstoperative
- postoeprative
- postopeartive
- postoperaitve
- postoperatiev
- postoperativve
- postoperattive
- postoperatvie
- postoperrative
- postopertaive
- postopperative
- postopreative
- postpoerative
- posttoperative
- potsoperative
- ppostoperative
- psotoperative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postoperative - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “postoperative”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-S-T-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.