preeminence
/pɹiˈɛ.mɪˌnəns/
"preeminence" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“preeminence” is uncommon English (frequency #82,687 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,687
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-preeminence · preeminence · English
preeminence · rank #82,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,687
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH precognition
Nearest frequency peer: precognition (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “preeminence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pottinger
pottinger
17,318 corpus weight
- Prajapati
Prajapati
17,317 corpus weight
- precognition
precognition
17,315 corpus weight
- preeminence
preeminence
17,314 corpus weight
- prodigiously
prodigiously
17,312 corpus weight
- proteasome
proteasome
17,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “preeminence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preeminence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹiˈɛ.mɪˌnəns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “preeminence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
preeminence is uncommon English at frequency #82,687 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɹiˈɛ.mɪˌnəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for preeminence in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is preeminence, spelled P-R-E-E-M-I-N-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
- 2High importance; superiority.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preeminence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
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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