# vacancy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈveɪkənsi/ · frequency rank #12,163

## Definitions
1. An unoccupied position or job.
2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
3. Empty space.
4. A blank mind, unoccupied with thought.
5. Lack of intelligence or understanding.
6. A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice

## Etymology
From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.

## Easily confused with
- **vacant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vacancy-vs-vacant)

## Common misspellings (11)
`avcancy`, `vaacncy`, `vacacny`, `vacanccy`, `vacancyy`, `vacanncy`, `vacanyc`, `vaccancy`, `vacnacy`, `vcaancy`, `vvacancy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vacancy