incontinency
"incontinency" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incontinency” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - incontinence
Corpus desk
Index EN-incontinency · incontinency · English
incontinency · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | incontinency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incontinency” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incontinency is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "incontinence".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incontinency, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin incontinentia. The correct English form is incontinency, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1incontinence
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incontinency appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Etymology
From Latin incontinentia.
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.