perc
"perc" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perc” is uncommon English (frequency #56,354 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,354
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perc · perc · English
perc · rank #56,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,354
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH penmanship
Nearest frequency peer: penmanship (-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 “perc”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- patriarchate
patriarchate
43,650 corpus weight
- pav
pav
43,649 corpus weight
- penmanship
penmanship
43,648 corpus weight
- perc
perc
43,647 corpus weight
- Perce
Perce
43,646 corpus weight
- percussioni…
percussionist
43,645 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “perc” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perc |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perc” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perc is uncommon English at frequency #56,354 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for perc in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is perc, spelled P-E-R-C.
Definition
- 1Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning.
- 2Clipping of percolation.
- 3Alternative form of perk (perquisite)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a perc test of the soil
As members of the middle class try to hang on to the percs and privileges of their fading good life, they rush, as always before, to "cast their cares upon God."
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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