penetrance
noun
penetrance is spelled P-E-N-E-T-R-A-N-C-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, penetrance means “The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of penetrance is penetrances.
How many letters and syllables are in penetrance?
| Letters | 10: P-E-N-E-T-R-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is penetrance?
Penetrance appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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).
What rhymes with penetrance?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as penetrance.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: repentance.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of penetrance
- penetrances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does penetrance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power.
- 2
The proportion of individuals carrying a particular variation of a gene that also express an associated trait
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does penetrance come from?
From penetrate + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).