pleasance
/ˈplɛzəns/
"pleasance" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pleasance” is uncommon English (frequency #89,774 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,774
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pleasance · pleasance · English
pleasance · rank #89,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,774
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pleurisy
Nearest frequency peer: pleurisy (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pleasance”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- piti
piti
10,232 corpus weight
- Piyush
Piyush
10,230 corpus weight
- pleasance
pleasance
10,227 corpus weight
- pleurisy
pleurisy
10,226 corpus weight
- pomodoro
pomodoro
10,224 corpus weight
- porterhouse
porterhouse
10,222 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pleasance” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleasance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈplɛzəns/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pleasance” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pleasance is uncommon English at frequency #89,774 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈplɛzəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pleasance in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance. The correct English form is pleasance, spelled P-L-E-A-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
- 2Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
- 3The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.
Etymology
From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.