impulsivity
"impulsivity" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impulsivity” is uncommon English (frequency #62,215 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,215
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
Corpus desk
Index EN-impulsivity · impulsivity · English
impulsivity · rank #62,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,215
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH imperiled
Nearest frequency peer: imperiled (-1 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 “impulsivity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- iliac
iliac
37,789 corpus weight
- impel
impel
37,788 corpus weight
- imperiled
imperiled
37,787 corpus weight
- impulsivity
impulsivity
37,786 corpus weight
- incapacitate
incapacitate
37,784 corpus weight
- inductor
inductor
37,782 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “impulsivity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impulsivity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “impulsivity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
impulsivity is uncommon English at frequency #62,215 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.".
Zero misspellings are on record for impulsivity in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From impulsive + -ity. The correct English form is impulsivity, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impulsivity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In reliable environments, waiting to eat a second marshmallow is likely to be beneficial. However, in environments in which rewards are uncertain, such as when experimenters are unreliable, eating the single marshmallow right away may be beneficial. Thus, impulsivity can be understood as an adaptive response to the contingencies present in an unstable env…
Etymology
From impulsive + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).