Noyce
"noyce" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Noyce” is uncommon English (frequency #72,601 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,601
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-noyce · Noyce · English
Noyce · rank #72,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,601
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH norovirus
Nearest frequency peer: norovirus (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Noyce”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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27,404 corpus weight
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27,403 corpus weight
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27,402 corpus weight
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norovirus
27,401 corpus weight
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Noyce
27,400 corpus weight
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obstinacy
27,397 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Noyce” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Noyce |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Noyce” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Noyce is uncommon English at frequency #72,601 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Noyce in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Noyes. The correct English form is Noyce, spelled N-O-Y-C-E.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
Variant of Noyes.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.