postrero
[posˈt̪ɾeɾo]
The verdict
“postrero” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,590 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,590
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que está al final; último en orden.
Corpus desk
Index ES-postrero · postrero · Spanish
postrero · rank #95,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,590
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH practicará
Nearest frequency peer: practicará (+2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “postrero”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- polifónica
polifónica
4,418 corpus weight
- popularizan…
popularizando
4,414 corpus weight
- postrero
postrero
4,411 corpus weight
- practicará
practicará
4,409 corpus weight
- preceder
preceder
4,407 corpus weight
- precedía
precedía
4,406 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “postrero” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postrero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [posˈt̪ɾeɾo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “postrero” en español
Rare enough to double-check
postrero is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,590 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [posˈt̪ɾeɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for postrero in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is postrero, spelled P-O-S-T-R-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Que está al final; último en orden.
- 2Que está, se queda, o viene detrás.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postrero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el día postrero de Septiembre, hubo un terremoto.
Y cuando dábamos sacramento a los enfermos, especialmente la extremaunción, como manda el clérigo rezar a los que están allí, yo ciertamente no era el postrero de la oración, y con todo mi corazón y buena voluntad rogaba al Señor.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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