postscriptum
\pɔs.skʁip.tɔm\
The verdict
“postscriptum” 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) - Variante orthographique de post-scriptum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-postscriptum · postscriptum · French
postscriptum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postscriptum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔs.skʁip.tɔm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « postscriptum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
postscriptum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔs.skʁip.tɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de post-scriptum.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for postscriptum, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 postscriptum, spelled P-O-S-T-S-C-R-I-P-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de post-scriptum.
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.