crudity

/ˈkɹuːdɪti/

//ˈkɹuːdɪti// noun

"crudity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crudity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being crude.

Corpus desk

Index EN-crudity · crudity · English

crudity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for crudity
PropertyValue
Headwordcrudity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɹuːdɪti/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crudity” in English

crudityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crudity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹuːdɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for crudity in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French crudité, from Latin crūditās. By surface analysis, crude + -ity. Doublet of crudité. The correct English form is crudity, spelled C-R-U-D-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being crude.
  2. 2
    A crude act or characteristic.
  3. 3
    Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
  2. Veteran GOP ad maker Jim Innocenzi had no qualms about the coded crudity, calling it “hilarious.”

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French crudité, from Latin crūditās. By surface analysis, crude + -ity. Doublet of crudité.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crudity"?
"crudity" is spelled C-R-U-D-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɹuːdɪti/.
What does "crudity" mean?
As a noun, "crudity" means: The state of being crude.
How do you pronounce "crudity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crudity" is /ˈkɹuːdɪti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "crudity"?
Borrowed from Middle French crudité, from Latin crūditās. By surface analysis, crude + -ity. Doublet of crudité. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list