postuler

\pɔs.ty.le\

/\pɔs.ty.le\/ verb

The verdict

“postuler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,763
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solliciter, faire des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose, présenter sa candidature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-postuler · postuler · French

postuler · rank #14,763 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,763
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planifier

Nearest frequency peer: planifier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « postuler »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « postuler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

postuler vs posture
75% similar
postuler vs postures
75% similar
postuler vs poster
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for postuler
PropertyValue
Headwordpostuler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɔs.ty.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,763
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « postuler »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.postulerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « planifier » (#14,762), « prestigieuse » (#14,764), « plaisanterie » (#14,761). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « postuler » est au #14,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around postuler (IPA \pɔs.ty.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,763 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for postuler, with forms such as "opstuler", "posstuler", and "postluer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "posture", "postures", "poster", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is postuler, spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Solliciter, faire des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose, présenter sa candidature.
  2. 2
    Il se dit aussi en matière ecclésiastique.
  3. 3
    Poser comme postulat.
  4. 4
    S’occuper, au bénéfice de la partie que l’on représente en tant qu'avoué, des actes de procédure indispensables à l'instruction d’une affaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Postuler un emploi, une place.
  2. Postuler l’admission dans une maison religieuse.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opstuler
  • posstuler
  • postluer
  • posttuler
  • postuelr
  • postulerr
  • postuller
  • postulre
  • posutler
  • potsuler
  • ppostuler
  • psotuler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postuler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opstuler2posstuler1postluer2posttuler1postuelr2postulerr1postuller1postulre2
Edit distance from "postuler"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "postuler"?
"postuler" is spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔs.ty.le\.
What does "postuler" mean?
As a verb, "postuler" means: Solliciter, faire des démarches pour obtenir quelque chose, présenter sa candidature.
What words are commonly confused with "postuler"?
"postuler" is commonly confused with "posture", "postures", "poster". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "postuler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postuler" is \pɔs.ty.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "postuler" come from?
"postuler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postuler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list