postposition
/ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
"postposition" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postposition” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.
Corpus desk
Index EN-postposition · postposition · English
postposition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postposition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “postposition” in English
Rare enough to double-check
postposition is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
postposition doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From post- + position. The correct English form is postposition, spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.
- 2The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how postposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the postposition of the nominative case to the verb
Etymology
From post- + position.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.