grandiosity

noun

"grandiosity" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grandiosity” is an uncommon English word, ranked #89,415 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#89,415
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).

Key facts for grandiosity
PropertyValue
Headwordgrandiosity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,415
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “grandiosity” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). grandiosity lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for grandiosity is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #89,415 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).".

grandiosity has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From grandiose + -ity. The correct English form is grandiosity, spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-O-S-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).

Etymology

From grandiose + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grandiosity"?
"grandiosity" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-O-S-I-T-Y.
What does "grandiosity" mean?
As a noun, "grandiosity" means: The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
What is the origin of the word "grandiosity"?
From grandiose + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “grandiosity”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-N-D-I-O-S-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list