exiguity
/ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/
"exiguity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exiguity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being meagre or scanty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exiguity · exiguity · English
exiguity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exiguity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exiguity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exiguity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being meagre or scanty.".
exiguity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French exiguite, from Late Latin exiguitas. See exiguous. The correct English form is exiguity, spelled E-X-I-G-U-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being meagre or scanty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exiguity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
Of the nature of Mr. Knott himself Watt remained in particular ignorance. Of the many excellent reasons for this, two seemed to Watt to merit mention: on the one hand the exiguity of the material propounded to his senses, and on the other the decay of these.
Etymology
From Middle French exiguite, from Late Latin exiguitas. See exiguous.
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.