humidity
hu·mi·di·ty/hjuˈmɪd.ə.ti/noun
humidity is spelled H-U-M-I-D-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables (hu·mi·di·ty). It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, humidity means “Dampness, especially that of the air” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of humidity is humidities.
How many letters and syllables are in humidity?
| Letters | 8: H-U-M-I-D-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: hu·mi·di·ty |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is humidity?
Humidity appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce humidity?
- UK /hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/
- UK /hjuːˈmɪd.ɪ.ti/
- US /hjuˈmɪd.ə.ti/
Humidity has 4 syllables, split hu·mi·di·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-humidity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with humidity?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as humidity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdəti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of humidity
- humidities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humidity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Dampness, especially that of the air.
The high humidity made the air feel sticky and hot.
- 2
The amount of water vapour in the air.
Plants in the greenhouse thrive in constant humidity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humidity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | humidité |
| German | Feuchtigkeit , Luftfeuchtigkeit |
| Portuguese | umidade, humidade |
| Spanish | humedad, relente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does humidity come from?
From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).