inductance
"inductance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inductance” is uncommon English (frequency #57,456 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,456
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inductance · inductance · English
inductance · rank #57,456 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,456
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inborn
Nearest frequency peer: inborn (-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 “inductance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- impartially
impartially
42,551 corpus weight
- impermeable
impermeable
42,550 corpus weight
- inborn
inborn
42,546 corpus weight
- inductance
inductance
42,545 corpus weight
- infallibili…
infallibility
42,544 corpus weight
- inglorious
inglorious
42,542 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inductance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inductance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inductance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inductance is uncommon English at frequency #57,456 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inductance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From induct + -ance. The correct English form is inductance, spelled I-N-D-U-C-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.
- 2The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inductance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The power cable itself has enough inductance to disrupt the digital signal of the video output cable, due to poor shielding.
What is the inductance of that power supply's main inductor?
Etymology
From induct + -ance.
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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