insipidity
"insipidity" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insipidity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being insipid; insipidness.
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Index EN-insipidity · insipidity · English
insipidity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insipidity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insipidity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insipidity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for insipidity, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsipiditās. By surface analysis, insipid + -ity. The correct English form is insipidity, spelled I-N-S-I-P-I-D-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being insipid; insipidness.
- 2Something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insipidity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1735, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book I, Notes Variorum, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 2, London: Lawton Gilliver, p. 98, Nahum Tate was Poet Laureate, a cold writer, of no invention, but sometimes translated tolerably when befriended by Mr. Dryden. In his second part of Absalom and Achitophel are above two hundred admirable lines together…
Her complexion was sallow; and her features small, without beauty, and naturally without expression; but a lucky contraction of the brow had rescued her countenance from the disgrace of insipidity, by giving it the strong characters of pride and ill nature.
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsipiditās. By surface analysis, insipid + -ity.
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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.