# potency

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpəʊtənsi/ · frequency rank #20,462

## Definitions
1. Power, authority.
2. The ability or capacity to perform something
3. The ability or capacity to perform something
4. Concentration; strength
5. Potentiality, ability, capacity.
6. Cardinality.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin potentia. Doublet of Potenza.

## Easily confused with
- **potent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potency-vs-potent)

## Common misspellings (11)
`optency`, `poetncy`, `potecny`, `potenccy`, `potencyy`, `potenncy`, `potenyc`, `potnecy`, `pottency`, `ppotency`, `ptoency`

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