# percentage vs percentile

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### percentage
*noun · IPA /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #3,122*
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

### percentile
*noun · IPA /pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/ · frequency rank #25,877*
Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

## Source
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