oddity
/ˈɑdɪti/noun
oddity is spelled O-D-D-I-T-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oddity means “An odd or strange thing or opinion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oddity is oddities.
How many letters and syllables are in oddity?
| Letters | 6: O-D-D-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is oddity?
Oddity appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce oddity?
- UK /ˈɒdɪti/
- US /ˈɑdɪti/
- /ˈɔdɪte/
Oddity has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-oddity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of oddity
- oddities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oddity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An odd or strange thing or opinion.
- 2
A strange person; an oddball.
- 3
Strangeness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oddity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bizarrerie, excentricité |
| German | Merkwürdigkeit , Seltsamkeit |
| Spanish | bizarría , rareza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does oddity come from?
From odd + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).