pomposity
"pomposity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pomposity” is uncommon English (frequency #90,852 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,852
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pomposity · pomposity · English
pomposity · rank #90,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,852
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Polyphemus
Nearest frequency peer: Polyphemus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pomposity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plasminogen
plasminogen
9,154 corpus weight
- Polyphemus
Polyphemus
9,150 corpus weight
- pomposity
pomposity
9,149 corpus weight
- powerlifter
powerlifter
9,146 corpus weight
- poy
poy
9,145 corpus weight
- predawn
predawn
9,144 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pomposity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pomposity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pomposity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pomposity is uncommon English at frequency #90,852 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being pompous; self-importance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pomposity, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English pomposite (“solemnity”), from Latin pompōsitās. By surface analysis, pomp + -osity. The correct English form is pomposity, spelled P-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pomposity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity.
Etymology
From Middle English pomposite (“solemnity”), from Latin pompōsitās. By surface analysis, pomp + -osity.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).