posture
/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/
"posture" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“posture” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,123 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,123
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The way a person holds and positions their body.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posture |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “posture” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for posture is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,123 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1The way a person holds and positions their body.
- 2A situation or condition.
- 3One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
- 4The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “posture”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-S-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poster” - see the side-by-side comparison. posture vs poster
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.