postériorité

\pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\

/\pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“postériorité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Caractère de ce qui est postérieur à autre chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-posteriorite · postériorité · French

postériorité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for postériorité
PropertyValue
Headwordpostériorité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « postériorité » en français

postérioritésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

postériorité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

postériorité has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is postériorité, spelled P-O-S-T-É-R-I-O-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est postérieur à autre chose.
  2. 2
    Qualité d’être voyelle postérieure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how postériorité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Postériorité de date.
  2. Postériorité de temps.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postériorité"?
"postériorité" is spelled P-O-S-T-É-R-I-O-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\.
What does "postériorité" mean?
As a noun, "postériorité" means: Caractère de ce qui est postérieur à autre chose.
How do you pronounce "postériorité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postériorité" is \pɔs.te.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postériorité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list