pursuance
/pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/
"pursuance" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pursuance” is uncommon English (frequency #73,558 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,558
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pursuance · pursuance · English
pursuance · rank #73,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,558
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH quarrelsome
Nearest frequency peer: quarrelsome (+3 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 “pursuance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pricy
pricy
26,448 corpus weight
- pursuance
pursuance
26,443 corpus weight
- quarrelsome
quarrelsome
26,440 corpus weight
- Quintanilla
Quintanilla
26,438 corpus weight
- Quintin
Quintin
26,437 corpus weight
- quire
quire
26,436 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pursuance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pursuance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pursuance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pursuance is uncommon English at frequency #73,558 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
pursuance has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pursue + -ance. The correct English form is pursuance, spelled P-U-R-S-U-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
- 2A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
- 3The state of being pursuant; consequence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pursuance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.
Etymology
From pursue + -ance.
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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