# excellency

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,228

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

## Etymology
From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia.

## Easily confused with
- **excellent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excellency-vs-excellent)
- **excellently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excellency-vs-excellently)
- **excellence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excellence-vs-excellency)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ecxellency`, `exccellency`, `excelelncy`, `excelency`, `excellecny`, `excellenccy`, `excellencyy`, `excellenncy`, `excellenyc`, `excellnecy`, `exclelency`, `execllency`, `exxcellency`, `xecellency`

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