post-modernisme
\post.mɔ.dɛʁ.nism\
The verdict
“post-modernisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de postmodernisme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | post-modernisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \post.mɔ.dɛʁ.nism\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “post-modernisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
post-modernisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \post.mɔ.dɛʁ.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de postmodernisme.".
post-modernisme has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is post-modernisme, spelled P-O-S-T---M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de postmodernisme.
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 “post-modernisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-S-T---M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.