post-partum
\pɔst.paʁ.tɔm\
The verdict
“post-partum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Relatif à ce qui suit la mise bas, la suite de couches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-post-partum · post-partum · French
post-partum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | post-partum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔst.paʁ.tɔm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
post-partum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔst.paʁ.tɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à ce qui suit la mise bas, la suite de couches.".
post-partum has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is post-partum, spelled P-O-S-T---P-A-R-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Relatif à ce qui suit la mise bas, la suite de couches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how post-partum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'indice reproducteur du troupeau est de quatre produits par bufflonne tous les cinq ans. Le premier vêlage a lieu à deux ans et demi et le premier œstrus post-partum apparaît parfois très tôt (trois semaines) après la mise bas; il est ovulatoire.
La période qui suit la mise bas, ou post-partum, se caractérise par des événements importants liés au fonctionnement de l’appareil reproducteur de la femelle.
This word in other languages
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