# paucity

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #46,680

## Definitions
1. Fewness in number; too few.
2. A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

## Etymology
From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.

## Easily confused with
- **purity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paucity-vs-purity)
- **parity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parity-vs-paucity)
- **pacify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacify-vs-paucity)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apucity`, `pacuity`, `pauccity`, `paucitty`, `paucityy`, `pauciyt`, `pauctiy`, `pauicty`, `ppaucity`, `puacity`

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