lubricity
/luːˈbɹɪsɪti/noun
lubricity is spelled L-U-B-R-I-C-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lubricity means “Degree of ability to lubricate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lubricity is lubricities.
How many letters and syllables are in lubricity?
| Letters | 9: L-U-B-R-I-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lubricity?
Lubricity appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 lubricity?
- UK /luːˈbɹɪsɪti/
Lubricity 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)-Flame,_not_lame-lubricity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lubricity?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lubricity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪsɪti/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lubricity
- lubricities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lubricity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Degree of ability to lubricate.
Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness
- 2
Evasiveness; shiftiness.
Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness
- 3
Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lubricity come from?
From French lubricité or its source, Latin lūbricitās.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).