congruence
/ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/
"congruence" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congruence” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,678 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,678
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congruence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congruence” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for congruence is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,678 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for congruence in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English congruence, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”). The correct English form is congruence, spelled C-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
- 2A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
- 3The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
- 4Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix.
- 5Any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.
- 6A well-adjusted state or condition in which people are not lying to themselves or in denial.
Etymology
From Middle English congruence, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
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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.
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/ (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.