synchronicity
"synchronicity" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“synchronicity” is uncommon English (frequency #57,115 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,115
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-synchronicity · synchronicity · English
synchronicity · rank #57,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,115
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Suva
Nearest frequency peer: Suva (-2 rank slots)
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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 “synchronicity”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- suppressive
suppressive
42,889 corpus weight
- Suva
Suva
42,888 corpus weight
- synchronici…
synchronicity
42,886 corpus weight
- Syrah
Syrah
42,884 corpus weight
- tabular
tabular
42,883 corpus weight
- tawdry
tawdry
42,882 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “synchronicity” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | synchronicity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #57,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “synchronicity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
synchronicity is uncommon English at frequency #57,115 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for synchronicity, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology. The correct English form is synchronicity, spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
- 2Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".
Etymology
From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
Antonyms
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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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