crudity
/ˈkɹuːdɪti/
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crudity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹuːdɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crudity” in English
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
- 1The state of being crude.
- 2A crude act or characteristic.
- 3Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crudity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
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.