liquidity
/lɪkˈwɪdəti/noun
liquidity is spelled L-I-Q-U-I-D-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, liquidity means “The state or property of being liquid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liquidity is liquidities.
How many letters and syllables are in liquidity?
| Letters | 9: L-I-Q-U-I-D-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is liquidity?
Liquidity appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 liquidity?
- /lɪkˈwɪdəti/
Liquidity has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-liquidity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of liquidity
- liquidities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liquidity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or property of being liquid.
- 2
The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
- 3
An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.
- 4
Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Liquidity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Flüssigsein , Liquidität, Verfügbarkeit , Zahlungsbereitschaft |
| Portuguese | liquidez |
| Spanish | liquidez |
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 liquidity come from?
From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this and various associated terms all involve portraying assets figuratively as if they were liquids and solids, dissolving the solids with solvents, freezing and thawing, and so on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).