panegyric
/ˌpænəˈd͡ʒɪɹɪk/
"panegyric" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“panegyric” is uncommon English (frequency #95,236 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,236
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-panegyric · panegyric · English
panegyric · rank #95,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,236
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pannier
Nearest frequency peer: pannier (+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 “panegyric”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pachuca
Pachuca
4,770 corpus weight
- panegyric
panegyric
4,765 corpus weight
- pannier
pannier
4,764 corpus weight
- parachutist
parachutist
4,762 corpus weight
- parodic
parodic
4,761 corpus weight
- Paros
Paros
4,760 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “panegyric” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panegyric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpænəˈd͡ʒɪɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “panegyric” in English
Rare enough to double-check
panegyric is uncommon English at frequency #95,236 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpænəˈd͡ʒɪɹɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
panegyric has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós). The correct English form is panegyric, spelled P-A-N-E-G-Y-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
- 2Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how panegyric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My little Friend Grildrig, you have made a moſt admirable Panegyrick upon your Country: […]
Want of something else to say, and a very shady lane, disposed him to confidence; and he forthwith began a panegyric on himself, and on the good fortune of Miss Arundel, stating, he was now on his road to offer himself and his debts to her acceptance.
Etymology
From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós).
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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