immensity
"immensity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immensity” is uncommon English (frequency #67,522 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,522
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The characteristic or state of being immense.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immensity · immensity · English
immensity · rank #67,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,522
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH IHE
Nearest frequency peer: IHE (-3 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 “immensity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- IHE
IHE
32,482 corpus weight
- immensity
immensity
32,479 corpus weight
- improbably
improbably
32,476 corpus weight
- imputation
imputation
32,475 corpus weight
- inculcate
inculcate
32,474 corpus weight
- indole
indole
32,473 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “immensity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immensity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immensity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immensity is uncommon English at frequency #67,522 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
immensity has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French immensité, equivalent to immense + -ity. The correct English form is immensity, spelled I-M-M-E-N-S-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The characteristic or state of being immense.
- 2An immense object.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how immensity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie / Thy soul's immensity; […]
Etymology
From Middle French immensité, equivalent to immense + -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.
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