# percentile

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/ · frequency rank #25,877

## Definitions
1. Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
2. Any one of the hundred groups so divided.

## Etymology
Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent + -ile.

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

## Common misspellings (15)
`eprcentile`, `pecrentile`, `perccentile`, `percenitle`, `percenntile`, `percentiel`, `percentille`, `percentlie`, `percenttile`, `percetnile`, `percnetile`, `perecntile`, `perrcentile`, `ppercentile`, `precentile`

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