rancour
"rancour" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rancour” is uncommon English (frequency #79,903 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,903
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Alternative spelling of rancor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rancour · rancour · English
rancour · rank #79,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,903
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rawdon
Nearest frequency peer: Rawdon (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rancour”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- raad
raad
20,104 corpus weight
- Radhakrishn…
Radhakrishnan
20,103 corpus weight
- Ramesses
Ramesses
20,100 corpus weight
- rancour
rancour
20,098 corpus weight
- Rawdon
Rawdon
20,097 corpus weight
- RDM
RDM
20,095 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rancour” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rancour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rancour” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rancour is uncommon English at frequency #79,903 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of rancor.".
rancour has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is rancour, spelled R-A-N-C-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of rancor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rancour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.