# continuity

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #10,024

## Definitions
1. Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **continuing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continuing-vs-continuity)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ccontinuity`, `cnotinuity`, `conitnuity`, `conntinuity`, `continiuty`, `continnuity`, `continuitty`, `continuityy`, `continuiyt`, `continutiy`, `contiunity`, `contniuity`, `conttinuity`, `cotninuity`, `ocntinuity`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/continuity