mendicity

noun

"mendicity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mendicity” 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) - the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary

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Index EN-mendicity · mendicity · English

mendicity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for mendicity
PropertyValue
Headwordmendicity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mendicity” in English

mendicitysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mendicity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mendicity, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French mendicité, from Latin mendicitas. The correct English form is mendicity, spelled M-E-N-D-I-C-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary

Etymology

From Old French mendicité, from Latin mendicitas.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mendicity"?
"mendicity" is spelled M-E-N-D-I-C-I-T-Y.
What does "mendicity" mean?
As a noun, "mendicity" means: the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
What is the origin of the word "mendicity"?
From Old French mendicité, from Latin mendicitas. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list