coercivity
/(ˌ)koʊɜɹˈsɪvɪti/noun
coercivity is spelled C-O-E-R-C-I-V-I-T-Y: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coercivity means “The quality of being coercive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coercivity is coercivities.
How many letters and syllables are in coercivity?
| Letters | 10: C-O-E-R-C-I-V-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 coercivity?
Coercivity appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 coercivity?
- /(ˌ)koʊɜɹˈsɪvɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coercivity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of coercivity
- coercivities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coercivity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being coercive.
- 2
The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does coercivity come from?
From coercive + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).