collectivity

noun

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “collectivity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for collectivity
PropertyValue
Headwordcollectivity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,655
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “collectivity” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).collectivityfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “coffer” (#76,654), “communally” (#76,659), “clownfish” (#76,650). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “collectivity” is #76,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    The condition of being collective.
  2. 2
    A body of people considered as a whole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how collectivity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "collectivity"?
"collectivity" is spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y.
What does "collectivity" mean?
As a noun, "collectivity" means: The condition of being collective.
What is the origin of the word "collectivity"?
From collective + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "collectivity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list