collectivity
"collectivity" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collectivity” is uncommon English (frequency #76,655 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,655
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being collective.
Corpus desk
Index EN-collectivity · collectivity · English
collectivity · rank #76,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,655
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coffer
Nearest frequency peer: coffer (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “collectivity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cloven
cloven
23,352 corpus weight
- clownfish
clownfish
23,351 corpus weight
- coffer
coffer
23,347 corpus weight
- collectivity
collectivity
23,346 corpus weight
- communally
communally
23,342 corpus weight
- condescendi…
condescendingly
23,341 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “collectivity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collectivity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “collectivity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
collectivity is uncommon English at frequency #76,655 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
collectivity has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From collective + -ity. The correct English form is collectivity, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being collective.
- 2A body of people considered as a whole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how collectivity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Collectivity was treated as an end in itself: We were here, as ruangrupa exhorted us, to “Make friends, not art!”
Etymology
From collective + -ity.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).