prebend
/ˈprɛbənd/
"prebend" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prebend” is uncommon English (frequency #95,294 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,294
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prebend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈprɛbənd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prebend” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prebend is uncommon English at frequency #95,294 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈprɛbənd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
prebend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender. The correct English form is prebend, spelled P-R-E-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- 2The property or other source of this endowment.
- 3Political patronage employment.
- 4A prebendary.
Etymology
From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.
This word in other languages
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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Using “prebend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-B-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈprɛbənd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.