futurity
/fjuːˈtjʊəɹɪti/
"futurity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“futurity” is uncommon English (frequency #58,712 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,712
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The future.
Corpus desk
Index EN-futurity · futurity · English
futurity · rank #58,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,712
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fuze
Nearest frequency peer: fuze (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “futurity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- freemium
freemium
41,294 corpus weight
- frivolity
frivolity
41,292 corpus weight
- futurity
futurity
41,289 corpus weight
- fuze
fuze
41,288 corpus weight
- Garrido
Garrido
41,286 corpus weight
- ghoulish
ghoulish
41,282 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “futurity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | futurity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fjuːˈtjʊəɹɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “futurity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
futurity is uncommon English at frequency #58,712 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fjuːˈtjʊəɹɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for futurity in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From future + -ity. The correct English form is futurity, spelled F-U-T-U-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The future.
- 2The state of being in the future.
- 3A future event.
- 4A race for two-year-old horses, nominated to run when still foals.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how futurity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Charles's was just an exciting consciousness; and he paced the streets, sometimes roused into disdain of the busy and thoughtless crowd around, but oftener lost in gloomy dreams of that futurity whose depths he was so soon to explore.
Now instead of reversing the levers I had pulled them over so as to go forward with them, and when I came to look at these indicators I found that the thousands hand was sweeping round as fast as the seconds hand of a watch, into futurity.
Etymology
From future + -ity.
Synonyms
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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