code postal
\kɔd pɔs.tal\
The verdict
“code postal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Code utilisé pour repérer la destination, dans une adresse postale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-code-postal · code postal · French
code postal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | code postal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔd pɔs.tal\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « code postal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
code postal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔd pɔs.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Code utilisé pour repérer la destination, dans une adresse postale.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for code postal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is code postal, spelled C-O-D-E- -P-O-S-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Code utilisé pour repérer la destination, dans une adresse postale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how code postal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Postes Canada a choisi H0H 0H0 comme code postal du père Noël, car il ressemble au rire caractéristique de ce dernier : « Ho ! Ho ! Ho ! »
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.