postseason
"postseason" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postseason” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,888
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held (such as playoffs or championships).
Corpus desk
Index EN-postseason · postseason · English
postseason · rank #15,888 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,888
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH plight
Nearest frequency peer: plight (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “postseason”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- plank
plank
84,117 corpus weight
- plight
plight
84,115 corpus weight
- postseason
postseason
84,113 corpus weight
- privy
privy
84,111 corpus weight
- propulsion
propulsion
84,110 corpus weight
- raft
raft
84,109 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “postseason” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postseason |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “postseason” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around postseason, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,888 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held (such as playoffs or championships).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for postseason, with forms such as "opstseason", "possteason", and "posstseason". 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 confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From post- + season. The correct English form is postseason, spelled P-O-S-T-S-E-A-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1The period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held (such as playoffs or championships).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postseason appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If Rodriguez slumps and the Yankees stumble, pressure will mount on a manager who failed to guide the team to the playoffs in 2008, the first time the Yankees missed the postseason in a nonstrike year since 1993.
Suárez has only two more starts in the regular season to convince the Phillies he deserves a longer leash than in previous postseasons.
Etymology
From post- + season.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opstseason
- possteason
- posstseason
- postesason
- postsaeson
- postseaosn
- postseasno
- postseasonn
- postseasson
- postsesaon
- postsseason
- posttseason
- potsseason
- ppostseason
- psotseason
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postseason - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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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.