permanency
"permanency" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“permanency” is uncommon English (frequency #88,704 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,704
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of permanence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-permanency · permanency · English
permanency · rank #88,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,704
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Peretti
Nearest frequency peer: Peretti (-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 “permanency”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pedicle
pedicle
11,303 corpus weight
- Peretti
Peretti
11,298 corpus weight
- permanency
permanency
11,297 corpus weight
- Petoskey
Petoskey
11,296 corpus weight
- pharaonic
pharaonic
11,293 corpus weight
- philately
philately
11,292 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “permanency” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | permanency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “permanency” in English
Rare enough to double-check
permanency is uncommon English at frequency #88,704 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for permanency, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin permanentia. Compare permanence. The correct English form is permanency, spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of permanence.
- 2A person or thing permanently in residence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how permanency appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The permanency of the new government is questionable.
Family Ghosts are permanencies, you know; but I'll tell you what I'll do.
Etymology
From Latin permanentia. Compare permanence.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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