Percent

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

A rate, number, or amount in each hundred; one part in every hundred. Denoted by the symbol %.

“Interest rates on savings accounts increased by two percent this quarter.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/pəˈsɛnt/

Syllables

per·cent

Related Words

Synonyms

percentageper centumproportion ratio

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Wordle

Contains two vowels E, E with common consonants P, R, C, N, T

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points; valuable P and C with common letter combinations

Words Related to Percent

Words you can make from Percent

Shorter words formed from the letters in “percent”.

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Longer words starting with Percent

Words that begin with “percent”.

percentage

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