concordance

/kənˈkɔːdəns/

//kənˈkɔːdəns// noun

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"concordance" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“concordance” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,867 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#52,867
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agreement; accordance; consonance.

Key facts for concordance
PropertyValue
Headwordconcordance
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kənˈkɔːdəns/
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “concordance” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). concordance lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for concordance is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kənˈkɔːdəns/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,867 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for concordance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia. The correct English form is concordance, spelled C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agreement; accordance; consonance.
  2. 2
    Agreement of words with one another; concord.
  3. 3
    An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.
  4. 4
    A list of occurrences of a word or phrase from a corpus, with the immediate context.
  5. 5
    The probability that a pair of individuals will both have a certain characteristic (phenotypic trait) given that one of the pair has the characteristic.

Etymology

From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia.

This word in other languages

concordancias(Español)concordance(Français)Übereinstimmung(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concordance"?
"concordance" is spelled C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kənˈkɔːdəns/.
What does "concordance" mean?
As a noun, "concordance" means: Agreement; accordance; consonance.
How do you pronounce "concordance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concordance" is /kənˈkɔːdəns/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "concordance"?
From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “concordance”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kənˈkɔːdəns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list