recency
/ˈɹiːsənsi/
"recency" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recency” is uncommon English (frequency #80,799 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,799
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The property of being recent; newness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹiːsənsi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “recency” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
recency is uncommon English at frequency #80,799 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹiːsənsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being recent; newness.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recency, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin recentia, from recens, equivalent to recent + -cy. See recent. The correct English form is recency, spelled R-E-C-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1The property of being recent; newness.
Etymology
From Latin recentia, from recens, equivalent to recent + -cy. See recent.
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 “recency”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-C-E-N-C-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.