improbity

noun

"improbity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“improbity” 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) - A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty.

Corpus desk

Index EN-improbity · improbity · English

improbity · 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 "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for improbity
PropertyValue
Headwordimprobity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “improbity” in English

improbityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

improbity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for improbity in our index, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From im- + probity, from Latin improbitas. The correct English form is improbity, spelled I-M-P-R-O-B-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty.

Etymology

From im- + probity, from Latin improbitas.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "improbity"?
"improbity" is spelled I-M-P-R-O-B-I-T-Y.
What does "improbity" mean?
As a noun, "improbity" means: A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty.
What is the origin of the word "improbity"?
From im- + probity, from Latin improbitas. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list