granularity
/ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
"granularity" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“granularity” is uncommon English (frequency #62,178 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,178
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being granular.
Corpus desk
Index EN-granularity · granularity · English
granularity · rank #62,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,178
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gora
Nearest frequency peer: gora (-2 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 “granularity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gnosticism
Gnosticism
37,827 corpus weight
- goffin
goffin
37,826 corpus weight
- gora
gora
37,825 corpus weight
- granularity
granularity
37,823 corpus weight
- Grozny
Grozny
37,820 corpus weight
- GRS
GRS
37,819 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “granularity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | granularity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “granularity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
granularity is uncommon English at frequency #62,178 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
granularity has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From granular + -ity. The correct English form is granularity, spelled G-R-A-N-U-L-A-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being granular.
- 2The extent to which something is granular.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how granularity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […]
Etymology
From granular + -ity.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).