concordance

/kənˈkɔːdəns/

//kənˈkɔːdəns// noun

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

The verdict

“concordance” is uncommon English (frequency #52,867 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,867
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agreement; accordance; consonance.

Corpus desk

Index EN-concordance · concordance · English

concordance · rank #52,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,867
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Conwy

Nearest frequency peer: Conwy (+2 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 “concordance”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “concordance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concordance
PropertyValue
Headwordconcordance
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kənˈkɔːdəns/
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “concordance” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).concordancefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Conwy” (#52,869), “Cima” (#52,864), “coot” (#52,870). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “concordance” is #52,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concordance is uncommon English at frequency #52,867 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kənˈkɔːdəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how concordance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. John Sterling at Herstmonceux that afternoon, and his Father here in London, would have offered strange contrasts to an eye that had seen them both. Contrasts, and yet concordances.
  2. c. 1857, Thomas Macaulay, "Paul Bunyan", contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance.

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "concordance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list