continuity
con·ti·nu·i·ty/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/noun, adjective
continuity is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables (con·ti·nu·i·ty). It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, continuity means “Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of continuity is continuities.
How many letters and syllables are in continuity?
| Letters | 10: C-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: con·ti·nu·i·ty |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th 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 continuity?
Continuity appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 continuity?
- UK /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/
- US /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/
- US [ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ɾi]
Continuity has 5 syllables, split con·ti·nu·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-continuity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with continuity?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as continuity from its last stressed vowel (/uəti/):
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 continuity
- continuities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does continuity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed.
- 2
A characteristic property of a continuous function.
- 3
A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
- 4
A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
- 5
Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
- 6
The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
adjective
- 1
UKBeing the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Continuity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | continuité |
| German | Kontinuität , Stetigkeit |
| Portuguese | continuidade |
| Spanish | continuidad, rácord, racord |
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 continuity come from?
Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).