feculence
"feculence" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“feculence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being feculent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-feculence · feculence · English
feculence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feculence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “feculence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
feculence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for feculence, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French féculence, from Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculency. The correct English form is feculence, spelled F-E-C-U-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being feculent.
- 2Feculent matter; dregs, filth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how feculence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs.
Etymology
From French féculence, from Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculency.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.