voiture postale
\vwa.tyʁ pɔs.tal\
The verdict
“voiture postale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wagon ou voiture destiné au transport et au tri du courrier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-voiture-postale · voiture postale · French
voiture postale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | voiture postale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vwa.tyʁ pɔs.tal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « voiture postale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
voiture postale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vwa.tyʁ pɔs.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wagon ou voiture destiné au transport et au tri du courrier.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for voiture postale, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is voiture postale, spelled V-O-I-T-U-R-E- -P-O-S-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Wagon ou voiture destiné au transport et au tri du courrier.
Synonyms
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.