viscountcy
/ˈvaɪkaʊn(t)si/noun
viscountcy is a noun meaning “The rank or jurisdiction of a viscount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-S-C-O-U-N-T-C-Y, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of viscountcy is viscountcies.
What does viscountcy mean?
noun
- 1
The rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce viscountcy?
- /ˈvaɪkaʊn(t)si/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-viscountcy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-viscountcy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of viscountcy
- viscountcies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is viscountcy?
Viscountcy appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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).
Where does viscountcy come from?
From viscount + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).