Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per-centage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: per--cen-t-age
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of percentage.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From per cent + -age.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: per cent

Usage

Inflected Forms

per-centages (plural)

Questions

What does per-centage mean?: Archaic form of percentage.
Where does per-centage come from?: From per cent + -age.

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