postale

\pɔs.tal\

/\pɔs.tal\/ adj

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The verdict

“postale” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,553
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de postal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-postale · postale · French

postale · rank #10,553 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,553
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH picard

Nearest frequency peer: picard (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « postale »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « postale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

postale vs poste
71% similar
postale vs postée
71% similar
postale vs potage
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for postale
PropertyValue
Headwordpostale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔs.tal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,553
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « postale »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.postalese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « picard » (#10,552), « privilégier » (#10,554), « pensaient » (#10,551). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « postale » est au #10,553. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around postale (IPA \pɔs.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,553 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de postal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for postale, with forms such as "opstale", "posatle", and "posstale". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "poste", "postée", "potage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is postale, spelled P-O-S-T-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de postal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how postale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lorsqu’il eut enfin retrouvé la terre ferme, l’ancien préposé tira soigneusement sa veste d’uniforme et rajusta sa casquette postale désécussonnée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opstale
  • posatle
  • posstale
  • postael
  • postalle
  • postlae
  • posttale
  • potsale
  • ppostale
  • psotale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postale - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opstale2posatle2posstale1postael2postalle1postlae2posttale1potsale2
Edit distance from "postale"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postale"?
"postale" is spelled P-O-S-T-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔs.tal\.
What does "postale" mean?
As an adjective, "postale" means: Féminin singulier de postal.
What words are commonly confused with "postale"?
"postale" is commonly confused with "poste", "postée", "potage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "postale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postale" is \pɔs.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postale" come from?
"postale" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

propice#10,557recevra#10,567modifie#10,538matrice#10,536

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

mortelle10 variantsMalaisie10 variantsloyauté10 variantssprint10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list