post-vérité
\pɔst.ve.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“post-vérité” 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 May 6, 2026) - Situation dans laquelle la réalité des faits et la véracité des propos sont secondaires, la priorité étant donnée aux émotions et aux opinions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | post-vérité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔst.ve.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “post-vérité” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
post-vérité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔst.ve.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Situation dans laquelle la réalité des faits et la véracité des propos sont secondaires, la priorité étant donnée aux émotions et aux opinions.".
Zero misspellings are on record for post-vérité in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is post-vérité, spelled P-O-S-T---V-É-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Situation dans laquelle la réalité des faits et la véracité des propos sont secondaires, la priorité étant donnée aux émotions et aux opinions.
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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.
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Using “post-vérité”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-S-T---V-É-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔst.ve.ʁi.te\ (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.