cupidity
/kjuːˈpɪdəti/
"cupidity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cupidity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cupidity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kjuːˈpɪdəti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cupidity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cupidity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kjuːˈpɪdəti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extreme greed, especially for wealth.".
cupidity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French cupidité, from Latin cupiditās (“strong desire”), from cupidus (“keen, desirous”). Compare Cupid. The correct English form is cupidity, spelled C-U-P-I-D-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
Etymology
From French cupidité, from Latin cupiditās (“strong desire”), from cupidus (“keen, desirous”). Compare Cupid.
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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.
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Using “cupidity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-U-P-I-D-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kjuːˈpɪdəti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.