issuance
/ˈɪʃ(j)uəns/noun
issuance is spelled I-S-S-U-A-N-C-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, issuance means “The act of issuing, or giving out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of issuance is issuances.
How many letters and syllables are in issuance?
| Letters | 8: I-S-S-U-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is issuance?
Issuance appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce issuance?
- US /ˈɪʃ(j)uəns/
Issuance has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-issuance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of issuance
- issuances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does issuance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of issuing, or giving out.
the issuance of an order
- 2
Something issued.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Issuance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of issuing:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does issuance come from?
From issue + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).