congeries
/ˈkɒndʒəɹiːz/
"congeries" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congeries” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A collection or aggregation of disparate items.
Corpus desk
Index EN-congeries · congeries · English
congeries · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congeries |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒndʒəɹiːz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “congeries” in English
Rare enough to double-check
congeries is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒndʒəɹiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A collection or aggregation of disparate items.".
No misspelling variants are generated for congeries in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”). The correct English form is congeries, spelled C-O-N-G-E-R-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1A collection or aggregation of disparate items.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how congeries appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries of mathematical points...
The world has seen the postal system developed from a congeries of independent and exclusive services into a well-ordered union, of which all countries enjoy the manifold benefits.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.