conductivity

noun

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"conductivity" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“conductivity” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,121
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound

Corpus desk

Index EN-conductivity · conductivity · English

conductivity · rank #24,121 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,121
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH conceding

Nearest frequency peer: conceding (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “conductivity”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “conductivity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

conductivity vs connectivity
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for conductivity
PropertyValue
Headwordconductivity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#24,121
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “conductivity”

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).conductivitylands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “conceding” (#24,120), “contextual” (#24,123), “collectible” (#24,118). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “conductivity” is #24,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around conductivity, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,121 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for conductivity, with forms such as "cconductivity", "cnoductivity", and "codnuctivity". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "connectivity", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From conductive + -ity. The correct English form is conductivity, spelled C-O-N-D-U-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
  2. 2
    The reciprocal of resistivity

Etymology

From conductive + -ity.

This word in other languages

conductivité(Français)Leitfähigkeit(Deutsch)condutividade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconductivity
  • cnoductivity
  • codnuctivity
  • condcutivity
  • condductivity
  • conducctivity
  • conducitvity
  • conductiivty
  • conductivitty
  • conductivityy
  • conductiviyt
  • conductivtiy
  • conductivvity
  • conducttivity
  • conductviity
  • condutcivity
  • connductivity
  • conudctivity
  • ocnductivity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conductivity - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconductivity1cnoductivity2codnuctivity2condcutivity2condductivity1conducctivity1conducitvity2conductiivty2
Edit distance from "conductivity"

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 "conductivity"?
"conductivity" is spelled C-O-N-D-U-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y.
What does "conductivity" mean?
As a noun, "conductivity" means: The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
What words are commonly confused with "conductivity"?
"conductivity" is commonly confused with "connectivity". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "conductivity"?
From conductive + -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 "conductivity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list