postface
\pɔst.fas\
The verdict
“postface” is uncommon French (frequency #53,550 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,550
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conclusion ou avertissement placé à la fin d’un livre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-postface · postface · French
postface · rank #53,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,550
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH precious
Nearest frequency peer: precious (+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 “postface”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- plénières
plénières
46,455 corpus weight
- PNG
PNG
46,454 corpus weight
- polymorphe
polymorphe
46,453 corpus weight
- postface
postface
46,451 corpus weight
- precious
precious
46,450 corpus weight
- prevenir
prevenir
46,449 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “postface” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postface |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔst.fas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “postface” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
postface is uncommon French at frequency #53,550 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔst.fas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conclusion ou avertissement placé à la fin d’un livre.".
postface doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is postface, spelled P-O-S-T-F-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Conclusion ou avertissement placé à la fin d’un livre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postface appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La préface et la postface de son livre.
Je savais ce qu’était une préface, mais je n’avais aucune idée d’une postface.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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