celerity
ce·ler·i·ty/səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti/noun
celerity is spelled C-E-L-E-R-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables (ce·ler·i·ty). It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, celerity means “Speed, swiftness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of celerity is celerities.
How many letters and syllables are in celerity?
| Letters | 8: C-E-L-E-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ce·ler·i·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th 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; 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 celerity?
Celerity appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 celerity?
- /sɪˈlɛɹɪti/
- US /səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti/
Celerity has 4 syllables, split ce·ler·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-celerity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with celerity?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as celerity from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹɪti/):
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 celerity
- celerities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does celerity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Speed, swiftness.
- 2
The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.
- 3
The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
- 4
datedThe speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Celerity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense speed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | célérité |
| Portuguese | celeridade |
| Spanish | celeridad |
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 celerity come from?
From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).