excellency

noun

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"excellency" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“excellency” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,228
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.

Corpus desk

Index EN-excellency · excellency · English

excellency · rank #16,228 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,228
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH everlasting

Nearest frequency peer: everlasting (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “excellency”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “excellency” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

excellency vs excellent
80% similar
excellency vs excellently
82% similar
excellency vs excellence
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for excellency
PropertyValue
Headwordexcellency
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,228
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “excellency”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).excellencylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “everlasting” (#16,227), “episcopal” (#16,225), “faking” (#16,231). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “excellency” is #16,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around excellency, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,228 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for excellency, with forms such as "ecxellency", "exccellency", and "excelelncy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "excellent", "excellently", "excellence", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia. The correct English form is excellency, spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.

Etymology

From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxellency
  • exccellency
  • excelelncy
  • excelency
  • excellecny
  • excellenccy
  • excellencyy
  • excellenncy
  • excellenyc
  • excellnecy
  • exclelency
  • execllency
  • exxcellency
  • xecellency

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excellency - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecxellency2exccellency1excelelncy2excelency1excellecny2excellenccy1excellencyy1excellenncy1
Edit distance from "excellency"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excellency"?
"excellency" is spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-Y.
What does "excellency" mean?
As a noun, "excellency" means: Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.
What words are commonly confused with "excellency"?
"excellency" is commonly confused with "excellent", "excellently", "excellence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "excellency"?
From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "excellency", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

enchanted14 variantsgodfather14 variantscomposing14 variantsbrightly14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list