Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-tile
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.

noun

Any one of the five groups.

verb

To divide into pentiles.

noun

Obsolete form of pantile (“type of roof tile”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution."
"high (30) & very high (10) pentiles not analyzed in IRP Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)"
"Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)"

Etymology

From pent- + -ile.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pentiles (plural) pentiles (present, singular) pentiling (participle, present) pentiled (participle, past) pentiled (past)

Frequently Paired Words

median (2-quantile) tercile tertile quartile pentile quintile sextile septile

Questions

What does pentile mean?: Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
Where does pentile come from?: From pent- + -ile.

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