bicentenary
"bicentenary" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bicentenary” is uncommon English (frequency #82,096 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,096
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of bicentennial (“a 200th anniversary”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-bicentenary · bicentenary · English
bicentenary · rank #82,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,096
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bibliophile
Nearest frequency peer: bibliophile (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “bicentenary”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- belligerence
belligerence
17,911 corpus weight
- bibliophile
bibliophile
17,906 corpus weight
- bicentenary
bicentenary
17,905 corpus weight
- billow
billow
17,903 corpus weight
- bipartite
bipartite
17,900 corpus weight
- Birgitte
Birgitte
17,899 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bicentenary” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bicentenary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bicentenary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bicentenary is uncommon English at frequency #82,096 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of bicentennial (“a 200th anniversary”).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bicentenary, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bi- + centenary. The correct English form is bicentenary, spelled B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Synonym of bicentennial (“a 200th anniversary”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bicentenary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Original stone Stockton & Darlington Railway sleepers, thought to be 195 years old, have been installed as close as possible to the route's original starting point. They carry replica fishbelly rails, and the project [...] was part of an initiative by the Brusselton Incline Group to mark the start of the five-year countdown to the S&D bicentenary celebrat…
Etymology
From bi- + centenary.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).