postdiluvien
\pɔst.di.ly.vjɛ̃\
The verdict
“postdiluvien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est postérieur au déluge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-postdiluvien · postdiluvien · French
postdiluvien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | postdiluvien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔst.di.ly.vjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
postdiluvien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔst.di.ly.vjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est postérieur au déluge.".
Zero misspellings are on record for postdiluvien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is postdiluvien, spelled P-O-S-T-D-I-L-U-V-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est postérieur au déluge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how postdiluvien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Terrains postdiluviens.
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.