# penchant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒnʃɒn/ · frequency rank #26,551

## Definitions
1. Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
2. A card game resembling bezique.
3. In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang”).

## Easily confused with
- **pendant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penchant-vs-pendant)
- **pennant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penchant-vs-pennant)

## Common misspellings (13)
`epnchant`, `pecnhant`, `pencahnt`, `pencchant`, `penchannt`, `penchantt`, `penchatn`, `penchhant`, `penchnat`, `penhcant`, `pennchant`, `pnechant`, `ppenchant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/penchant