# modernity

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈdɜːnɪti/ · frequency rank #21,006

## Definitions
1. The quality of being modern or contemporary.
2. Modern times.
3. Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

## Etymology
From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.

## Easily confused with
- **modernize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernity-vs-modernize)
- **maternity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maternity-vs-modernity)
- **modernist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernist-vs-modernity)
- **modernism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernism-vs-modernity)

## Common misspellings (14)
`mdoernity`, `mmodernity`, `moddernity`, `modenrity`, `moderinty`, `modernitty`, `modernityy`, `moderniyt`, `modernnity`, `moderntiy`, `moderrnity`, `modrenity`, `moedrnity`, `omdernity`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/modernity