postérieurs
\pɔs.te.ʁjœʁ\
The verdict
“postérieurs” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,192
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de postérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-posterieurs · postérieurs · French
postérieurs · rank #27,192 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,192
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH possédez
Nearest frequency peer: possédez (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “postérieurs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ponctuelles
ponctuelles
72,812 corpus weight
- pontificale
pontificale
72,811 corpus weight
- possédez
possédez
72,810 corpus weight
- postérieurs
postérieurs
72,809 corpus weight
- prado
prado
72,808 corpus weight
- pratiquait
pratiquait
72,807 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “postérieurs” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postérieurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔs.te.ʁjœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “postérieurs” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around postérieurs (IPA \pɔs.te.ʁjœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,192 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de postérieur.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for postérieurs, with forms such as "opstérieurs", "posstérieurs", and "posterieurs". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "postérieur", "postérieure", "postérieures", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is postérieurs, spelled P-O-S-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de postérieur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opstérieurs
- posstérieurs
- posterieurs
- postréieurs
- posttérieurs
- postéireurs
- postéreiurs
- postérierus
- postérieurrs
- postérieurss
- postérieusr
- postériuers
- postérrieurs
- posétrieurs
- potsérieurs
- ppostérieurs
- psotérieurs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postérieurs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postérieurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.