tenancy
ten·an·cy/ˈtɪ̟nənsi/noun
tenancy is spelled T-E-N-A-N-C-Y, 3 syllables: ten·an·cy. The wrong spelling people search most is tenacy: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 22 of all searches for the word. Tenancy is a noun meaning “Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more…”. The plural of tenancy is tenancies.
How many letters and syllables are in tenancy?
| Letters | 7: T-E-N-A-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ten·an·cy |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, tenacy, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell tenancy?
Tenancy is spelled T-E-N-A-N-C-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 22 of the searches for tenancy in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is tenancy?
Tenancy appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tenancy?
- /ˈtɛnənsi/
- [ˈtʰɛnənsɪi̯]
- US /ˈtɪ̟nənsi/
Tenancy has 3 syllables, split ten·an·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tenancy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tenancy
- tenancies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tenancy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tenancy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense occupancy of property, etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mietverhältnis |
| Spanish | arrendamiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tenancy come from?
From tenant + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).