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 September 3, 2026) - De manière posthume, à titre posthume, après le décès de quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-posthumement · posthumément · French
posthumément · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « posthumément » en français
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how posthumément appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qu’eût dit Weber, s’il avait pu savoir qu’un éditeur le jugerait digne de concourir posthumément au prix institué par l’académie de Londres pour la réalisation de ce problème en physique ?
On réhabilite juridiquement, on réintègre posthumément dans les Unions d’Écrivains ou autres qui ont jadis sonné l’hallali contre les victimes aujourd’hui encensées.
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.