posteriori

\pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi\

/\pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi\/ adv

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The verdict

“posteriori” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,527
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne se trouve que dans l'expression a posteriori.

Corpus desk

Index FR-posteriori · posteriori · French

posteriori · rank #20,527 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,527
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH postérieure

Nearest frequency peer: postérieure (+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 « posteriori »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « posteriori » 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
Key facts for posteriori
PropertyValue
Headwordposteriori
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,527
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « posteriori »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.posteriorise 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 « postérieure » (#20,528), « plongeon » (#20,525), « pourboire » (#20,529). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « posteriori » est au #20,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around posteriori (IPA \pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #20,527 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ne se trouve que dans l'expression a posteriori.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for posteriori, with forms such as "opsteriori", "posetriori", and "possteriori". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is posteriori, spelled P-O-S-T-E-R-I-O-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne se trouve que dans l'expression a posteriori.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsteriori
  • posetriori
  • possteriori
  • posteirori
  • posterioir
  • posteriorri
  • posteriroi
  • posteroiri
  • posterriori
  • postreiori
  • postteriori
  • potseriori
  • pposteriori
  • psoteriori

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posteriori - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opsteriori2posetriori2possteriori1posteirori2posterioir2posteriorri1posteriroi2posteroiri2
Edit distance from "posteriori"

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 "posteriori"?
"posteriori" is spelled P-O-S-T-E-R-I-O-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi\.
What does "posteriori" mean?
As an adverb, "posteriori" means: Ne se trouve que dans l'expression a posteriori.
What are common misspellings of "posteriori"?
Common misspellings include "opsteriori", "posetriori", "possteriori", "posteirori", "posterioir". The correct spelling is "posteriori".
How do you pronounce "posteriori"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "posteriori" is \pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "posteriori" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list