submergence
"submergence" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“submergence” is uncommon English (frequency #91,036 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,036
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-submergence · submergence · English
submergence · rank #91,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,036
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subpart
Nearest frequency peer: subpart (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “submergence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stringently
stringently
8,970 corpus weight
- Strother
Strother
8,969 corpus weight
- stygian
stygian
8,967 corpus weight
- submergence
submergence
8,965 corpus weight
- subpart
subpart
8,964 corpus weight
- subpopulati…
subpopulation
8,963 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “submergence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | submergence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “submergence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
submergence is uncommon English at frequency #91,036 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion.".
submergence has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is submergence, spelled S-U-B-M-E-R-G-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how submergence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The covering up of a complex of apartments on the north-east, and the simultaneous submergence of many floor deposits, mean that Middle Minoan III., like the two preceding periods, was closed by a general catastrophe.
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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