# percentage

> English word · Noun · IPA /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #3,122

## Definitions
1. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
2. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
3. Benefit or advantage.

## Etymology
From percent, from Latin per centum (“for every hundred”), + -age (suffix indicating a rate).

## Easily confused with
- **percentile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/percentage-vs-percentile)
- **parentage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parentage-vs-percentage)

## Common misspellings (15)
`eprcentage`, `pecrentage`, `perccentage`, `percenatge`, `percenntage`, `percentaeg`, `percentagge`, `percentgae`, `percenttage`, `percetnage`, `percnetage`, `perecntage`, `perrcentage`, `ppercentage`, `precentage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/percentage