posture

/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/

//ˈpɒst͡ʃə// noun

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"posture" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“posture” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,123
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The way a person holds and positions their body.

Corpus desk

Index EN-posture · posture · English

posture · rank #12,123 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,123
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Perkins

Nearest frequency peer: Perkins (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “posture”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “posture” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

posture vs poster
71% similar
posture vs picture
71% similar
posture vs postage
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for posture
PropertyValue
Headwordposture
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,123
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “posture”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).posturelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Perkins” (#12,122), “Prague” (#12,124), “peas” (#12,121). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “posture” is #12,123. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around posture (IPA /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,123 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for posture, with forms such as "opsture", "possture", and "postrue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "poster", "picture", "postage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura. The correct English form is posture, spelled P-O-S-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The way a person holds and positions their body.
  2. 2
    A situation or condition.
  3. 3
    One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
  4. 4
    The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how posture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. As if that whatsoever god who leads him Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.
  2. […] walking in a most dejected posture, without a band, unbraced, his arms a-cross his open breast, and his eyes bent to the floor;

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.

This word in other languages

postura(Español)posture(Français)Haltung(Deutsch)postura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsture
  • possture
  • postrue
  • postture
  • postuer
  • posturre
  • posutre
  • potsure
  • pposture
  • psoture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posture - 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.

opsture2possture1postrue2postture1postuer2posturre1posutre2potsure2
Edit distance from "posture"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "posture"?
"posture" is spelled P-O-S-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/.
What does "posture" mean?
As a noun, "posture" means: The way a person holds and positions their body.
What words are commonly confused with "posture"?
"posture" is commonly confused with "poster", "picture", "postage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "posture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "posture" is /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "posture"?
Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "posture", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Perkins#12,122panther#12,119refresh#12,130salvage#12,133

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

spying10 variantsstatues10 variantstasting10 variantsassemble10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list