postcondition
\pɔst.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“postcondition” 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) - Condition appliquée à la fin d’un calcul et permettant de valider le résultat d’une fonction mathématique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-postcondition · postcondition · French
postcondition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | postcondition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔst.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
postcondition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔst.kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for postcondition, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 postcondition, spelled P-O-S-T-C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Condition appliquée à la fin d’un calcul et permettant de valider le résultat d’une fonction mathématique.
- 2En programmation, propriété attachée à une fonction et vérifiée à la fin de l’exécution de cette fonction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postcondition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La postcondition de la somme de deux nombres positifs est que cette somme doit être positive.
Les postconditions vont permettre de continuer la poursuite du programme ou lever une exception quand la postcondition n’est pas remplie.
Antonyms
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.