truancy

noun

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"truancy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“truancy” is uncommon English (frequency #55,157 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,157
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Corpus desk

Index EN-truancy · truancy · English

truancy · rank #55,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,157
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH triomphe

Nearest frequency peer: triomphe (-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 “truancy”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “truancy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for truancy
PropertyValue
Headwordtruancy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,157
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “truancy” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).truancyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “triomphe” (#55,156), “tracklist” (#55,155), “TSH” (#55,159). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “truancy” is #55,157. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

truancy is uncommon English at frequency #55,157 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.".

truancy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From truant + -cy. The correct English form is truancy, spelled T-R-U-A-N-C-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Etymology

From truant + -cy.

Synonyms

beakingbunkingbobbingcutting classdippingditchingdogginggoing on the hopgoing on the langgoing on the mitchjiggingkiddingmitchingpawningpippingplaying hookyponingscullingself-motivated field tripskippingskivingskidginsluffingtruancytruantnesstulawagging

This word in other languages

diábetes(Español)absentéisme(Français)Schwänzen(Deutsch)absentismo(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "truancy"?
"truancy" is spelled T-R-U-A-N-C-Y.
What does "truancy" mean?
As a noun, "truancy" means: The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
What is the origin of the word "truancy"?
From truant + -cy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "truancy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tunable#55,160Tippett#55,149strived#55,122skylark#55,107

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list