postcoloniale

adj

The verdict

“postcoloniale” is uncommon French (frequency #90,050 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,050
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-postcoloniale · postcoloniale · French

postcoloniale · rank #90,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,050
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH postera

Nearest frequency peer: postera (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « postcoloniale »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « postcoloniale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for postcoloniale
PropertyValue
Headwordpostcoloniale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Frequency rank#90,050
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « postcoloniale » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).postcolonialetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « postera » (#90,051), « populeux » (#90,048), « potences » (#90,052). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « postcoloniale » est au #90,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

postcoloniale is uncommon French at frequency #90,050 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de postcolonial.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for postcoloniale in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is postcoloniale, spelled P-O-S-T-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de postcolonial.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. S’il est capital aujourd’hui d’étudier la trajectoire et la pensée de James, c’est parce que, sans doute plus que celles de n’importe quel autre penseur noir radical, elles permettent de réexaminer les conflits opposant depuis de nombreuses années la théorie marxiste à la critique postcoloniale en interdisant tout recours à des solutions de compromis tell…

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 "postcoloniale"?
"postcoloniale" is spelled P-O-S-T-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-E.
What does "postcoloniale" mean?
As an adjective, "postcoloniale" means: Féminin singulier de postcolonial.
What language does "postcoloniale" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list