alacrity
/əˈlækɹɨti/
"alacrity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alacrity” is uncommon English (frequency #61,950 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,950
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alacrity · alacrity · English
alacrity · rank #61,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,950
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ambler
Nearest frequency peer: ambler (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “alacrity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- agnosticism
agnosticism
38,055 corpus weight
- agonising
agonising
38,054 corpus weight
- alacrity
alacrity
38,051 corpus weight
- ambler
ambler
38,049 corpus weight
- amla
amla
38,048 corpus weight
- Anderton
Anderton
38,046 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alacrity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alacrity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈlækɹɨti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alacrity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alacrity is uncommon English at frequency #61,950 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈlækɹɨti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alacrity, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Mid-15th century; from Middle English alacrite, from Latin alacritās, from alacer (“brisk”) + -itās (“-ity”). The correct English form is alacrity, spelled A-L-A-C-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
- 2Promptness; speed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alacrity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain.
I have not that alacrity of spirit / Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.
Etymology
Mid-15th century; from Middle English alacrite, from Latin alacritās, from alacer (“brisk”) + -itās (“-ity”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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