poignancy
/ˈpɔɪnjən(t)si/noun
poignancy is spelled P-O-I-G-N-A-N-C-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poignancy means “The quality of being poignant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poignancy is poignancies.
How many letters and syllables are in poignancy?
| Letters | 9: P-O-I-G-N-A-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is poignancy?
Poignancy appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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 poignancy?
- US /ˈpɔɪnjən(t)si/
- /ˈpɔɪnənsi/
- /ˈpɔɪɡnənsi/
Poignancy has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-poignancy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of poignancy
- poignancies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poignancy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being poignant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Poignancy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being poignant:
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.