post-scriptum
\pɔs.skʁip.tɔm\
The verdict
“post-scriptum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qu’on ajoute à une lettre après la signature et qu’on marque ordinairement par ces deux lettres : P.-S. ou P.S.
Corpus desk
Index FR-post-scriptum · post-scriptum · French
post-scriptum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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-scriptum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔs.skʁip.tɔm\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « post-scriptum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
post-scriptum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔs.skʁip.tɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce qu’on ajoute à une lettre après la signature et qu’on marque ordinairement par ces deux lettres : P.-S. ou P.S.".
post-scriptum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is post-scriptum, spelled P-O-S-T---S-C-R-I-P-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Ce qu’on ajoute à une lettre après la signature et qu’on marque ordinairement par ces deux lettres : P.-S. ou P.S.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how post-scriptum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guillaume reconnut enfin Claudie, et se rappela qu’on lui avait annoncé son admission au château dans un de ces post-scriptum de lettres intimes où l’on entasse en masse les détails de la vie domestique.
« Dame ! fit-il, jugez-en vous-même, le post-scriptum est précis. [»]
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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.