posthumément
\pɔst.y.me.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“posthumément” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière posthume, à titre posthume, après le décès de quelqu’un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posthumément |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \pɔst.y.me.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “posthumément” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
posthumément is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pɔst.y.me.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De manière posthume, à titre posthume, après le décès de quelqu’un.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for posthumément, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is posthumément, spelled P-O-S-T-H-U-M-É-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1De manière posthume, à titre posthume, après le décès de quelqu’un.
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.
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Using “posthumément”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-S-T-H-U-M-É-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔst.y.me.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.