attendance
/əˈtɛn.dəns/noun
attendance is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E. The wrong spelling people search most is attendence: about 0 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), of all searches for the word. Attendance is a noun meaning “The act of attending; the state of being present; presence”. The plural of attendance is attendances.
How many letters and syllables are in attendance?
| Letters | 10: A-T-T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, attendence (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell attendance?
Attendance is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are of the searches for attendance in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is attendance?
Attendance appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th 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 attendance?
- /əˈtɛn.dəns/
Attendance has 3 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)-Vealhurl-attendance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of attendance
- attendances plural
- attendaunce
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attendance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
Attendance at the meeting is required.
- 2
A tally or listing of the persons present.
The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.
- 3
The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
John's attendance for the conventions was not good.
- 4
obsoleteAttention paid to something; careful regard.
- 5
Maid service.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate attendance?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of attendance: att..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attendance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | présence |
| German | Anwesenheit |
| Portuguese | presença , chamada , assiduidade |
| Spanish | asistencia, presencia, acudimiento |
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 attendance come from?
From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).