persistency
/pəˈsɪst(ə)nsi/noun
persistency is spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-E-N-C-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, persistency means “The state or characteristic of being persistent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of persistency is persistencies.
How many letters and syllables are in persistency?
| Letters | 11: P-E-R-S-I-S-T-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is persistency?
Persistency appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce persistency?
- UK /pəˈsɪst(ə)nsi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-persistency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of persistency
- persistencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does persistency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or characteristic of being persistent.
- 2
A measure of how much something persists.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Persistency in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state or characteristic of being persistent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ausdauer, Beharrlichkeit, Hartnäckigkeit |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does persistency come from?
From persist + -ency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).