lucidity

noun

"lucidity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lucidity” is uncommon English (frequency #56,255 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,255
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being lucid; lucidness.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lucidity · lucidity · English

lucidity · rank #56,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,255
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH lusting

Nearest frequency peer: lusting (+1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “lucidity”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “lucidity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lucidity
PropertyValue
Headwordlucidity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lucidity” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).lucidityfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “lusting” (#56,256), “Longstreet” (#56,253), “Lonergan” (#56,252). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “lucidity” is #56,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lucidity is uncommon English at frequency #56,255 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

lucidity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid + -ity. The correct English form is lucidity, spelled L-U-C-I-D-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being lucid; lucidness.
  2. 2
    The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lucidity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The lucidity of his answers argued against his being insane or confused.
  2. He was notable not only for his longevity but also for his unusual lucidity for his age. Up to his final months, he pored over The Los Angeles Times every morning, discussed the war in Ukraine and other world events and posted dispatches about his life on his blog.

Etymology

From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lucidity"?
"lucidity" is spelled L-U-C-I-D-I-T-Y.
What does "lucidity" mean?
As a noun, "lucidity" means: The property of being lucid; lucidness.
What is the origin of the word "lucidity"?
From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list