elegancy
noun
elegancy is spelled E-L-E-G-A-N-C-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, elegancy means “Alternative form of elegance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of elegancy is elegancies.
How many letters and syllables are in elegancy?
| Letters | 8: E-L-E-G-A-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is elegancy?
Elegancy appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce elegancy?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-elegancy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of elegancy
- elegancies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elegancy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of elegance.
- 2
A mock title.
"Your Elegancy ..." ().
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does elegancy come from?
From elegance + -y or elegant + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).