loquacity
/loʊˈkwæsɪti/
"loquacity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“loquacity” 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) - Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-loquacity · loquacity · English
loquacity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | loquacity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /loʊˈkwæsɪti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “loquacity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
loquacity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /loʊˈkwæsɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.".
loquacity has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French loquacité, from Latin loquācitās. The correct English form is loquacity, spelled L-O-Q-U-A-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how loquacity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A man that were ſo diſpoſed, may ſeeme in reaſon to reproove […] the loquacity of Euripides, […]
Neither is eloquence or rhetoric unclaimed by him: he perſuaded with Stentorian loquacity, and convinces by the irreſiſtible powers of a bellowing horſe laugh.
Etymology
From Middle French loquacité, from Latin loquācitās.
Synonyms
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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.