postent

\pɔst\

/\pɔst\/ verb

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The verdict

“postent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,655
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster.

Corpus desk

Index FR-postent · postent · French

postent · rank #22,655 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,655
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH positionné

Nearest frequency peer: positionné (-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 « postent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « postent » 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).

postent vs postes
71% similar
postent vs poster
71% similar
postent vs postez
71% similar

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

Key facts for postent
PropertyValue
Headwordpostent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɔst\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,655
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « postent »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « positionné » (#22,654), « pourries » (#22,656), « portefeuilles » (#22,653). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « postent » est au #22,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around postent (IPA \pɔst\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,655 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for postent, with forms such as "opstent", "posetnt", and "posstent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "postes", "poster", "postez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is postent, spelled P-O-S-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de poster.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opstent
  • posetnt
  • posstent
  • postennt
  • postentt
  • postetn
  • postnet
  • posttent
  • potsent
  • ppostent
  • psotent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opstent2posetnt2posstent1postennt1postentt1postetn2postnet2posttent1
Edit distance from "postent"

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 "postent"?
"postent" is spelled P-O-S-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔst\.
What does "postent" mean?
As a verb, "postent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poster.
What words are commonly confused with "postent"?
"postent" is commonly confused with "postes", "poster", "postez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "postent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postent" is \pɔst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postent" come from?
"postent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pourvus#22,657Palerme#22,639reading#22,672mécénat#22,627

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

noirceur11 variantsrepartie11 variantsMussolini11 variantsMongolie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list