duplicity
/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/
"duplicity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duplicity” is uncommon English (frequency #52,285 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,285
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duplicity · duplicity · English
duplicity · rank #52,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,285
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH duce
Nearest frequency peer: duce (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “duplicity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- draughts
draughts
47,719 corpus weight
- droop
droop
47,718 corpus weight
- duce
duce
47,717 corpus weight
- duplicity
duplicity
47,716 corpus weight
- Dyck
Dyck
47,715 corpus weight
- Eck
Eck
47,714 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “duplicity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “duplicity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
duplicity is uncommon English at frequency #52,285 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how duplicity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).