calvity
/ˈkælvɪti/
"calvity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“calvity” 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 September 3, 2026) - Baldness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-calvity · calvity · English
calvity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calvity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkælvɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “calvity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
calvity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkælvɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calvity, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin calvitium (“baldness”), from calvus (“bald”). The correct English form is calvity, spelled C-A-L-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Baldness.
- 2An area of skin that has become bald.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calvity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He wore his own hair – what there was left of it: short tight curls round a shining calvity, though he was in his thirties, no more – and he looked like one of the fatter, more jovial Roman emperors […].
Etymology
From Latin calvitium (“baldness”), from calvus (“bald”).
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.