creativity
cre·at·iv·ity/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/noun
creativity is spelled C-R-E-A-T-I-V-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables (cre·at·iv·ity). It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creativity means “The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creativity is creativities.
How many letters and syllables are in creativity?
| Letters | 10: C-R-E-A-T-I-V-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: cre·at·iv·ity |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 creativity?
Creativity appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th 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 creativity?
- /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
- /kri.əˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
- [-ɾi]
Creativity has 4 syllables, split cre·at·iv·ity in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-creativity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with creativity?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as creativity.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reactivity.
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 creativity
- creativities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creativity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Creativity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality or ability to create or invent something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | créativité |
| German | Kreativität, Schaffenskraft, Schöpfungskraft |
| Portuguese | criatividade |
| Spanish | creatividad |
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 creativity come from?
From creative + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).