train-poste
\tʁɛ̃ pɔst\
The verdict
“train-poste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Train composé de voitures destinées au transport du courrier et au transport de voyageurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-train-poste · train-poste · French
train-poste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | train-poste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɛ̃ pɔst\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « train-poste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
train-poste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɛ̃ pɔst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Train composé de voitures destinées au transport du courrier et au transport de voyageurs.".
train-poste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is train-poste, spelled T-R-A-I-N---P-O-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Train composé de voitures destinées au transport du courrier et au transport de voyageurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how train-poste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il alla trouver M. de Cheylus pour lui annoncer son départ ; il était quatre heures du soir, et il devait prendre le train-poste de six heures trente minutes.
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.