festivity
/fɛˈstɪvəti/
"festivity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“festivity” is uncommon English (frequency #50,511 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,511
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A festival or similar celebration.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festivity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɛˈstɪvəti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “festivity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
festivity is uncommon English at frequency #50,511 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɛˈstɪvəti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
festivity has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity. The correct English form is festivity, spelled F-E-S-T-I-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A festival or similar celebration.
- 2An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity.
Antonyms
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.
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Using “festivity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-E-S-T-I-V-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɛˈstɪvəti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.