coherency
co·he·ren·cy/koʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/noun
coherency is spelled C-O-H-E-R-E-N-C-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables (co·he·ren·cy). It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coherency means “The state of being coherent; a coherent relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coherency is coherencies.
How many letters and syllables are in coherency?
| Letters | 9: C-O-H-E-R-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: co·he·ren·cy |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is coherency?
Coherency appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 coherency?
- UK /kəʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/
- US /koʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/
Coherency has 4 syllables, split co·he·ren·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-coherency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of coherency
- coherencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coherency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being coherent; a coherent relationship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does coherency come from?
From Latin cohaerēntia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).