obesity
/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/
"obesity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obesity” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,506 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,506
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being obese.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obesity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obesity” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for obesity is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,506 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being obese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for obesity, with forms such as "boesity", "obbesity", and "obeisty". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity. The correct English form is obesity, spelled O-B-E-S-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being obese.
Etymology
From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boesity,obbesity,obeisty,obesitty,obesityy,obesiyt,obessity,obestiy,obseity,oebsity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obesity - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “obesity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-B-E-S-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.