postposer

\pɔst.pɔ.ze\

/\pɔst.pɔ.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“postposer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Placer un mot après un autre auquel il se rapporte grammaticalement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-postposer · postposer · French

postposer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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 postposer
PropertyValue
Headwordpostposer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɔst.pɔ.ze\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « postposer » en français

postposersiège 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

postposer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔst.pɔ.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for postposer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 postposer, spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Placer un mot après un autre auquel il se rapporte grammaticalement.
  2. 2
    Remettre quelque chose à plus tard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En français, les phrases relatives sont toujours postposées.
  2. Dès les Textes de Pyramides, ces déictifs situatifs, locatifs, se postposent comme déterminants ; or dès le troisième millénaire s’amorce déjà le renversement positionnel qui va perdurer jusqu’en copte : ils tendent à précéder le déterminé et à se proclitiser.

Synonyms

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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 "postposer"?
"postposer" is spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔst.pɔ.ze\.
What does "postposer" mean?
As a verb, "postposer" means: Placer un mot après un autre auquel il se rapporte grammaticalement.
How do you pronounce "postposer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postposer" is \pɔst.pɔ.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postposer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list