Pentecost

/ˈpɛntɪkɒst/

//ˈpɛntɪkɒst// name

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"pentecost" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Pentecost” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,455
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered; a c...

Corpus desk

Index EN-pentecost · Pentecost · English

Pentecost · rank #35,455 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #35,455
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pedo

Nearest frequency peer: pedo (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Pentecost”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Pentecost” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Pentecost vs Pentecostal
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Pentecost
PropertyValue
HeadwordPentecost
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈpɛntɪkɒst/
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,455
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Pentecost”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Pentecostlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “pedo” (#35,454), “Patna” (#35,453), “parentage” (#35,452). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “Pentecost” is #35,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Pentecost (IPA /ˈpɛntɪkɒst/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,455 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pentecost, with forms such as "epntecost", "penetcost", and "penntecost". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Pentecostal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Pentecoste (“feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; season of Pentecost, Whitsuntide; Jewish festival celebrating giving of the law to Moses”), from Old English Pentecosten, also influenced by Anglo-Norman pentecoste, Middle… The correct English form is Pentecost, spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered; a ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai”).
  2. 2
    A festival which falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter which commemorates the event described in Acts 2 of the Bible when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles during the Jewish festival of Pentecost (proper noun sense 1), conferring on them the miraculous ability to explain the gospel in languages they did not know; also, the Sunday on which the festival is celebrated.
  3. 3
    In full day of Pentecost or Pentecost day: the day on which the event commemorated by the festival (proper noun sense 2) occurred; also, the event itself.
  4. 4
    Synonym of Whitsuntide (“the week beginning on Whitsunday; also, the weekend which includes Whitsunday”).
  5. 5
    The gift of the Holy Spirit to a Christian; also, the occurrence of this.
  6. 6
    A surname.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pentecost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Novv vvhen I vvas come home againe, & my vvife Anna vvas reſtored vnto me vvith my ſonne Tobias, in the feaſt of Pentecoſte, vvhich is the holy feaſt of the ſeuen vvekes, there vvas a great dinner prepared me, in the vvhich I ſate dovvne to eat.
  2. And when the day of Pentecoſt was fully come, they [the Apostles] were all with one accord in one place. And ſuddenly there came a ſound from heauen as of a ruſhing mighty wind, and it filled all the houſe where they were ſitting. And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, like as of fire, and it ſate vpon each of them. And they were all filled with the…

Etymology

From Middle English Pentecoste (“feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; season of Pentecost, Whitsuntide; Jewish festival celebrating giving of the law to Moses”), from Old English Pentecosten, also influenced by Anglo-Norman pentecoste, Middle French pentecoste, and Old French pentecoste (“Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”) (modern French Pentecôte). Both the Old English and Old French words are derived from Ecclesiastical Latin Pentēcostē (“Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”), from Koine Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”), from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “fiftieth”), a noun use of the feminine form of πεντηκοστὸς (pentēkostòs, “fiftieth”, adjective), short for πεντηκοστὸς ἡμέρα (pentēkostòs hēméra, “fiftieth day”) (referring to the Jewish festival falling on the fiftieth day after the second day of the Passover), used in the Bible to translate Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shāvū'ót, “weeks”). Πεντηκοστὸς (Pentēkostòs) is derived from Proto-Hellenic *penkʷēkontstós, from *pénkʷe (“five”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five; hand”)) + *-kontstós (suffix forming ordinal numbers from twentieth to ninetieth) (whence ; from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”)). The surname is from Old French and Middle English Pentecost, a personal name perhaps given to one born on Pentecost; also an altered form of Pankhurst. Compare Pancoast.

This word in other languages

Pentecostés(Español)Pentecôte(Français)Pfingstsonntag(Deutsch)Pentecostes(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epntecost
  • penetcost
  • penntecost
  • pentceost
  • penteccost
  • pentecosst
  • pentecostt
  • pentecots
  • pentecsot
  • penteocst
  • penttecost
  • petnecost
  • pnetecost
  • ppentecost

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pentecost - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epntecost2penetcost2penntecost1pentceost2penteccost1pentecosst1pentecostt1pentecots2
Edit distance from "Pentecost"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pentecost"?
"Pentecost" is spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɛntɪkɒst/.
What does "Pentecost" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pentecost" means: Synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered; a c...
What words are commonly confused with "Pentecost"?
"Pentecost" is commonly confused with "Pentecostal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pentecost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pentecost" is /ˈpɛntɪkɒst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Pentecost"?
From Middle English Pentecoste (“feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; season of Pentecost, Whitsuntide; Jewish festival celebrating giving of the law to Moses”), from Old English Pentecosten, also influenced by Anglo-Norman pentecos... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pentecost", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parentage#35,452pantyhose#35,450overdraft#35,445reflexive#35,480

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

necessitate14 variantsNantucket14 variantsMontpellier14 variantsmonogamous14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list