truancy
noun
truancy is spelled T-R-U-A-N-C-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, truancy means “The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of truancy is truancies.
How many letters and syllables are in truancy?
| Letters | 7: T-R-U-A-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is truancy?
Truancy appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 truancy?
Truancy has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-truancy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of truancy
- truancies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does truancy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Truancy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | absentéisme |
| German | Schwänzen, Schwänzerei, Schulverweigerung, Schulschwänzen, Absentismus, Schulvermeidung |
| Portuguese | absentismo, falta |
| Spanish | diábetes, ausentismo |
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 truancy come from?
From truant + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).