meticulosity

noun

"meticulosity" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meticulosity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meticulousness; the state or quality of being meticulous.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meticulosity · meticulosity · English

meticulosity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for meticulosity
PropertyValue
Headwordmeticulosity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “meticulosity” in English

meticulosityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

meticulosity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Meticulousness; the state or quality of being meticulous.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for meticulosity, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From meticulous + -ity. The correct English form is meticulosity, spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-S-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meticulousness; the state or quality of being meticulous.

Etymology

From meticulous + -ity.

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 "meticulosity"?
"meticulosity" is spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-S-I-T-Y.
What does "meticulosity" mean?
As a noun, "meticulosity" means: Meticulousness; the state or quality of being meticulous.
What is the origin of the word "meticulosity"?
From meticulous + -ity. 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