avidity
/əˈvɪdɪti/noun
avidity is spelled A-V-I-D-I-T-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, avidity means “Greediness; strong appetite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of avidity is avidities.
How many letters and syllables are in avidity?
| Letters | 7: A-V-I-D-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is avidity?
Avidity appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 avidity?
- /əˈvɪdɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-avidity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of avidity
- avidities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does avidity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Greediness; strong appetite.
- 2
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
to eat with avidity
- 3
The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Avidity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense biochemistry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Avidität |
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 avidity come from?
From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).