code postal
\kɔd pɔs.tal\
The verdict
“code postal” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Code utilisé pour repérer la destination, dans une adresse postale.
| 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) |
Where “code postal” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for code postal is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔd pɔs.tal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “code postal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-D-E- -P-O-S-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔd pɔs.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.