postpaid
"postpaid" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postpaid” is uncommon English (frequency #61,718 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,718
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the cost of postage already paid or included in the price.
Corpus desk
Index EN-postpaid · postpaid · English
postpaid · rank #61,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,718
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pranking
Nearest frequency peer: pranking (+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 “postpaid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pneumothorax
pneumothorax
38,288 corpus weight
- pokies
pokies
38,287 corpus weight
- postpaid
postpaid
38,283 corpus weight
- pranking
pranking
38,282 corpus weight
- prepackaged
prepackaged
38,278 corpus weight
- PRISMA
PRISMA
38,277 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “postpaid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postpaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “postpaid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
postpaid is uncommon English at frequency #61,718 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the cost of postage already paid or included in the price.".
postpaid has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 + paid. The correct English form is postpaid, spelled P-O-S-T-P-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1Having the cost of postage already paid or included in the price.
Etymology
Compound of post + paid.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).