electricity
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "electricity", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "electricity" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "electricity" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
electricity is aEnglishnoun. It means: Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by th... Pronounced /ˌiː.lɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/. It ranks #3,426 in English word frequency. Often confused with electrician.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | electricity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌiː.lɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for electricity is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌiː.lɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,426 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for electricity, with forms such as "eelctricity", "elcetricity", and "elecctricity". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "electrician", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From electric + -ity. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is electricity, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.
- 2The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.
- 3A feeling of excitement; a thrill.
- 4Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.
- 5Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.
- 6The supply of electricity, as a utility.
Etymology
From electric + -ity.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eelctricity,elcetricity,elecctricity,elecrticity,electircity,electrciity,electriccity,electricitty,electricityy,electriciyt,electrictiy,electriicty,electrricity,electtricity,eletcricity,ellectricity,leectricity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for electricity
Misspelling Variants of "electricity"
Frequency rank: #3,426 in English
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