Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recurrency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cur-ren-cy
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of recurring; recurrence.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Apparently from recurrent + -cy, although the former is first attested later in a general sense, originally after Italian recorrenza.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: recorrenza
Suffix: recurrent

Usage

Inflected Forms

recurrencies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

periodicity

Questions

What does recurrency mean?: The act or process of recurring; recurrence.
Where does recurrency come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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