frugality
/fɹuːˈɡæləti/
"frugality" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frugality” is uncommon English (frequency #51,714 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,714
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frugality · frugality · English
frugality · rank #51,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,714
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH furor
Nearest frequency peer: furor (+3 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “frugality”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fondle
fondle
48,294 corpus weight
- foothill
foothill
48,293 corpus weight
- frugality
frugality
48,287 corpus weight
- furor
furor
48,284 corpus weight
- galling
galling
48,283 corpus weight
- gaslighting
gaslighting
48,280 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “frugality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frugality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɹuːˈɡæləti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “frugality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
frugality is uncommon English at frequency #51,714 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɹuːˈɡæləti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
frugality doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity. The correct English form is frugality, spelled F-R-U-G-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.
- 2A sparing use; sparingness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frugality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) economy, thrift, thriftiness, parsimony; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy
Your sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible; and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that—
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity.
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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