Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discrepancy

/dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: dis-crep-an-cy
IPA: /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being discrepant.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why."
"Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages."
"WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin discrepantiabor. English discrepancy Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/
British English: /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

discrepancies (plural) discrepance (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

nondiscrepancy

Phrases

self-discrepancy

Synonyms

conflict contrariety deviation difference disagreement disparity divergence incompatibility inconsistency mismatch variance variation

Questions

How do you pronounce discrepancy?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/.
What does discrepancy mean?: An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
Where does discrepancy come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin discrepantiabor. English discrepancy Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.

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