garrulity
/ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/
"garrulity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“garrulity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-garrulity · garrulity · English
garrulity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garrulity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “garrulity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
garrulity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or characteristic of being garrulous.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for garrulity, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is garrulity, spelled G-A-R-R-U-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how garrulity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He ought to bee of some abilities in disputing; and what he wants in Logick, he must supply in Garrulity: for whatsoever he affirms, the interest he hath in his seduc'd hearers, improves into Syllogism […]
With all the affectionate garrulity of age, she a thousand times expressed her pleasure at beholding the sisters;[…]
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.