absorbency
/æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/noun
absorbency is spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-E-N-C-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, absorbency means “The quality of being absorbent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of absorbency is absorbencies.
How many letters and syllables are in absorbency?
| Letters | 10: A-B-S-O-R-B-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is absorbency?
Absorbency appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce absorbency?
- US /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/
- US /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/
- US /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/
Absorbency has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-absorbency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of absorbency
- absorbencies plural
- absorbancy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does absorbency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being absorbent.
- 2
The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
- 3
obsoleteThe action of absorbing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Absorbency in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being absorbent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | absorbance |
| German | Absorbierfähigkeit |
| Portuguese | absorvência |
| Spanish | absorbencia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does absorbency come from?
From absorbance + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).