lucidity
"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)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “lucidity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- localisation
localisation
43,752 corpus weight
- Londoner
Londoner
43,750 corpus weight
- Lonergan
Lonergan
43,749 corpus weight
- Longstreet
Longstreet
43,748 corpus weight
- lucidity
lucidity
43,746 corpus weight
- lusting
lusting
43,745 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lucidity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lucidity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lucidity” in English
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
- 1The property of being lucid; lucidness.
- 2The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lucidity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lucidity of his answers argued against his being insane or confused.
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.
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