evanescence
/ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/
"evanescence" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“evanescence” is uncommon English (frequency #62,876 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,876
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-evanescence · evanescence · English
evanescence · rank #62,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,876
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Escalante
Nearest frequency peer: Escalante (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “evanescence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- endear
endear
37,129 corpus weight
- equilateral
equilateral
37,127 corpus weight
- Escalante
Escalante
37,126 corpus weight
- evanescence
evanescence
37,125 corpus weight
- evangelical…
evangelicalism
37,124 corpus weight
- exhumation
exhumation
37,123 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “evanescence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | evanescence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “evanescence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
evanescence is uncommon English at frequency #62,876 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for evanescence, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia. The correct English form is evanescence, spelled E-V-A-N-E-S-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
- 2The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how evanescence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful
the evanescence of the morning mist.
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).