percentile

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percentile

/pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/
/pɚˈsɛn.taɪl/ US
/pəˈsɛn.taɪl/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛntaɪl

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Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent + -ile.

noun percentiles

Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
Any one of the hundred groups so divided. She is highly intelligent—she has an IQ in the top percentile.

Similar: %ile, centile

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Closest in meaning: quartile, percentage, category, beyond, top, grade, cree, quintile, centile, quantile, fractile, decile, sextile, tertile, bracket, score

noun

Similar: %ile, centile

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noun any of the ninety-nine points

Español	percentil
Português	percentil
Deutsch	Perzentil
Italiano	percentile
Русский	перцентиль percentilʹ, центиль centilʹ, процентиль procentilʹ

noun any one of the hundred groups so divided

Português	percentil
Deutsch	Perzentil
Italiano	percentile
Русский	перцентиль percentilʹ, центиль centilʹ, процентиль procentilʹ

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@misc{percentile_2026,
  title = {percentile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/percentile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}