discordancy
"discordancy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discordancy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - discordance
Corpus desk
Index EN-discordancy · discordancy · English
discordancy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | discordancy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discordancy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discordancy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "discordance".
discordancy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is discordancy, spelled D-I-S-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1discordance
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how discordancy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A linear regression through these 18 data sets yields an upper intercept age of 555.4 ± 1.6 Ma [mean squared weighted deviation (MSWD) = 0.10] and a lower intercept indistinguishable from 0 Ma, suggesting that normal discordancy is a function of recent Pb loss.
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.