avidity
/əˈvɪdɪti/
"avidity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“avidity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Greediness; strong appetite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avidity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈvɪdɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avidity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
avidity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈvɪdɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for avidity in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity. The correct English form is avidity, spelled A-V-I-D-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Greediness; strong appetite.
- 2Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
- 3The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Etymology
From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “avidity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-V-I-D-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈvɪdɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.