cadenza
/kəˈdɛnzə/
"cadenza" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cadenza” is uncommon English (frequency #86,103 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,103
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadenza · cadenza · English
cadenza · rank #86,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,103
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Cabe
Nearest frequency peer: Cabe (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cadenza”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- BYO
BYO
13,900 corpus weight
- Cabe
Cabe
13,899 corpus weight
- cadenza
cadenza
13,898 corpus weight
- callosum
callosum
13,897 corpus weight
- Camberley
Camberley
13,896 corpus weight
- camisole
camisole
13,895 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cadenza” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadenza |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈdɛnzə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cadenza” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cadenza is uncommon English at frequency #86,103 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈdɛnzə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cadenza in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia. Doublet of cadence and chance. The correct English form is cadenza, spelled C-A-D-E-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia. Doublet of cadence and chance.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.