postsecondary
"postsecondary" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“postsecondary” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,559
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to education or educational institutions subsequent to secondary school or high school.
Corpus desk
Index EN-postsecondary · postsecondary · English
postsecondary · rank #38,559 · 21 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,559
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH powdery
Nearest frequency peer: powdery (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “postsecondary”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- placate
placate
61,446 corpus weight
- ploughed
ploughed
61,445 corpus weight
- postseconda…
postsecondary
61,442 corpus weight
- powdery
powdery
61,441 corpus weight
- PPE
PPE
61,440 corpus weight
- pram
pram
61,439 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “postsecondary” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postsecondary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #38,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “postsecondary” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around postsecondary, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,559 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or pertaining to education or educational institutions subsequent to secondary school or high school.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for postsecondary, with forms such as "opstsecondary", "posstecondary", and "posstsecondary". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From post- + secondary. The correct English form is postsecondary, spelled P-O-S-T-S-E-C-O-N-D-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to education or educational institutions subsequent to secondary school or high school.
Etymology
From post- + secondary.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opstsecondary
- posstecondary
- posstsecondary
- postescondary
- postsceondary
- postseccondary
- postsecnodary
- postsecodnary
- postseconadry
- postsecondarry
- postsecondaryy
- postsecondayr
- postseconddary
- postsecondray
- postseconndary
- postseocndary
- postssecondary
- posttsecondary
- potssecondary
- ppostsecondary
- psotsecondary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postsecondary - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postsecondary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
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.