postpositive
/poʊstˈpɑzɪtɪv/adjective, noun
postpositive is spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-S-I-T-I-V-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, postpositive means “Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those two men are bad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in postpositive?
| Letters | 12: P-O-S-T-P-O-S-I-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is postpositive?
Postpositive appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 postpositive?
- UK /pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv/
- US /poʊstˈpɑzɪtɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-postpositive.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with postpositive?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as postpositive from its last stressed vowel (/ɑzɪtɪv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of postpositive
- postpositives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does postpositive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those two men are bad.
noun
- 1
A postpositive modifier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Postpositive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | postpositivo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.