# dominance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɒmɪnəns/ · frequency rank #9,170

## Definitions
1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
2. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
3. The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
4. of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.

## Etymology
From dominant + -ance.

## Easily confused with
- **dominant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dominance-vs-dominant)
- **dominate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dominance-vs-dominate)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddominance`, `dmoinance`, `doimnance`, `domiannce`, `dominacne`, `dominancce`, `dominanec`, `dominannce`, `dominence`, `dominnace`, `dominnance`, `domminance`, `domniance`, `odminance`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dominance