noncontinuity

noun

"noncontinuity" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“noncontinuity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absence of continuity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-noncontinuity · noncontinuity · English

noncontinuity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for noncontinuity
PropertyValue
Headwordnoncontinuity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “noncontinuity” in English

noncontinuityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

noncontinuity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absence of continuity.".

noncontinuity has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + continuity. The correct English form is noncontinuity, spelled N-O-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absence of continuity.

Etymology

From non- + continuity.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "noncontinuity"?
"noncontinuity" is spelled N-O-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-T-Y.
What does "noncontinuity" mean?
As a noun, "noncontinuity" means: Absence of continuity.
What is the origin of the word "noncontinuity"?
From non- + continuity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list