egocentricity

noun

"egocentricity" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-egocentricity · egocentricity · English

egocentricity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for egocentricity
PropertyValue
Headwordegocentricity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “egocentricity” in English

egocentricityranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

egocentricity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being egocentric.".

No misspelling variants are generated for egocentricity in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From egocentric + -ity. The correct English form is egocentricity, spelled E-G-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-C-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being egocentric.

Etymology

From egocentric + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egocentricity"?
"egocentricity" is spelled E-G-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-C-I-T-Y.
What does "egocentricity" mean?
As a noun, "egocentricity" means: The quality of being egocentric.
What is the origin of the word "egocentricity"?
From egocentric + -ity. 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