fecundity
/fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ/
"fecundity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fecundity” is uncommon English (frequency #67,441 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,441
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ability to produce offspring.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fecundity · fecundity · English
fecundity · rank #67,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,441
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fetid
Nearest frequency peer: fetid (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fecundity”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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32,565 corpus weight
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32,564 corpus weight
- fanservice
fanservice
32,562 corpus weight
- fecundity
fecundity
32,560 corpus weight
- fetid
fetid
32,559 corpus weight
- FICA
FICA
32,555 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fecundity” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fecundity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fecundity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fecundity is uncommon English at frequency #67,441 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fecundity, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin fēcunditās (“fruitfulness, fertility”), from fēcundus, equivalent to fecund + -ity. The correct English form is fecundity, spelled F-E-C-U-N-D-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Ability to produce offspring.
- 2Ability to cause growth or increase.
- 3Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
- 4Rate of production of young by a female.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fecundity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the early days the reviewers compared him to the late Douglas Adams, but then Terry went on to write books as enthusiastically as Douglas avoided writing them, and now, if there is any comparison to be made of anything from the formal rules of a Pratchett novel to the sheer prolific fecundity of the man, it might be to P. G. Wodehouse.
[I]t would not be very much less absurd for someone to write about New York City after having spent only a few years or a few decades in this metropolis of inexhaustible adventure, of terrifying emotional fecundity, of uncapturable character.
Etymology
From Latin fēcunditās (“fruitfulness, fertility”), from fēcundus, equivalent to fecund + -ity.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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