preponderance
pre·pon·der·ance/pɹəˈpɑndəɹəns/noun
preponderance is spelled P-R-E-P-O-N-D-E-R-A-N-C-E, 4 syllables: pre·pon·der·ance. The wrong spelling people search most is preponderence: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 50 of all searches for the word. Preponderance is a noun meaning “Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a…”. The plural of preponderance is preponderances.
How many letters and syllables are in preponderance?
| Letters | 13: P-R-E-P-O-N-D-E-R-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: pre·pon·der·ance |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, preponderence, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell preponderance?
Preponderance is spelled P-R-E-P-O-N-D-E-R-A-N-C-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 50 of the searches for preponderance in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is preponderance?
Preponderance appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 preponderance?
- UK /pɹɪˈpɒndəɹəns/
- UK /pɹɪˈpɒndɹəns/
- US /pɹəˈpɑndəɹəns/
Preponderance has 4 syllables, split pre·pon·der·ance in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-preponderance.wav, En-us-preponderance.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of preponderance
- preponderances plural
- praeponderance
- præponderance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does preponderance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
- 2
Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
- 3
obsoleteGreater physical weight.
- 4
obsoleteThe excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Preponderance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense superiority of influence, power, etc. – see also predominance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prépondérance |
| German | Präponderanz, Überlegenheit, Übergewichtigkeit, Übergewicht |
| Portuguese | preponderância |
| Spanish | preponderancia |
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.
Where does preponderance come from?
From preponderant + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).