exemplarity

noun

"exemplarity" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-exemplarity · exemplarity · English

exemplarity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for exemplarity
PropertyValue
Headwordexemplarity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “exemplarity” in English

exemplaritysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

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

No generated misspelling entries exist for exemplarity in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From exemplary + -ity. The correct English form is exemplarity, spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-A-R-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being exemplary.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exemplarity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. the exemplarity of Christ's life
  2. Therefore, the century-old tradition of exemplarity, in which great works of art are to serve as standards for production (since they offer norms and maintain tradition), is ruptured in the eighteenth century. In the age of innovation,[…]

Etymology

From exemplary + -ity.

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 "exemplarity"?
"exemplarity" is spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-A-R-I-T-Y.
What does "exemplarity" mean?
As a noun, "exemplarity" means: The quality of being exemplary.
What is the origin of the word "exemplarity"?
From exemplary + -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