duplicity
/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/
"duplicity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duplicity” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,285 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,285
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duplicity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “duplicity” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for duplicity is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,285 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for duplicity in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity. The correct English form is duplicity, spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- 2The quality of being double or twofold.
Etymology
From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “duplicity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-P-L-I-C-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.