ferocity
/fəˈɹɑsɪti/
"ferocity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ferocity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,806
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being ferocious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ferocity · ferocity · English
ferocity · rank #32,806 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,806
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flagstaff
Nearest frequency peer: flagstaff (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “ferocity”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- familia
familia
67,198 corpus weight
- fanfic
fanfic
67,197 corpus weight
- ferocity
ferocity
67,195 corpus weight
- flagstaff
flagstaff
67,194 corpus weight
- fluidity
fluidity
67,193 corpus weight
- follies
follies
67,192 corpus weight
What this shows “ferocity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferocity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fəˈɹɑsɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ferocity”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ferocity (IPA /fəˈɹɑsɪti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,806 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The condition of being ferocious.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ferocity, with forms such as "efrocity", "feorcity", and "fercoity". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "felicity", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”). The correct English form is ferocity, spelled F-E-R-O-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being ferocious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ferocity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrocity
- feorcity
- fercoity
- feroccity
- ferocitty
- ferocityy
- ferociyt
- feroctiy
- feroicty
- ferrocity
- fferocity
- freocity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ferocity - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).