redolence
/ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/
"redolence" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redolence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being redolent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-redolence · redolence · English
redolence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redolence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redolence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redolence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for redolence, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is redolence, spelled R-E-D-O-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The quality of being redolent.
- 2An evocative fragrance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how redolence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The air was wine and seltzer, perfumed, as they absorbed it, with the delicate redolence of prairie flowers.
Loola au naturel with a musky redolence which, on second thought, has something really rather fascinating about it.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.