activity
/ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/noun
activity is spelled A-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, activity means “The state or quality of being active; activeness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of activity is activities.
How many letters and syllables are in activity?
| Letters | 8: A-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 72 times per million words; the 1,457th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is activity?
Activity appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce activity?
- UK /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
- /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/
- [ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾi]
Activity has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-activity.wav, En-us-activity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with activity?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as activity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪvɪti/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of activity
- activities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does activity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being active; activeness.
Pit row was abuzz with activity.
- 2
Something done as an action or a movement.
The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.
- 3
Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
An increasing number of sports activities are on offer at the university.
- 4
The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
- 5
The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
- 6
The property of substances to react with other substances
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate activity?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of activity: a..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Activity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | activité |
| German | Aktivität , Handlung, Tätigkeit , Unternehmung |
| Portuguese | atividade , actividade |
| Spanish | actividad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does activity come from?
From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).