preposterous
\pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs\
The verdict
“preposterous” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Absurde ; contraire au bon sens, au sens commun.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preposterous · preposterous · French
preposterous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | preposterous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
preposterous is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absurde ; contraire au bon sens, au sens commun.".
Zero misspellings are on record for preposterous in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is preposterous, spelled P-R-E-P-O-S-T-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Absurde ; contraire au bon sens, au sens commun.
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.