porosity

noun

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"porosity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“porosity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,815
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being porous.

Corpus desk

Index EN-porosity · porosity · English

porosity · rank #41,815 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,815
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pouting

Nearest frequency peer: pouting (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “porosity”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “porosity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for porosity
PropertyValue
Headwordporosity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,815
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “porosity”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).porositylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “pouting” (#41,816), “pmo” (#41,812), “plying” (#41,811). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “porosity” is #41,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around porosity, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,815 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for porosity, with forms such as "oprosity", "poorsity", and "poroisty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From porous + -ity. The correct English form is porosity, spelled P-O-R-O-S-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being porous.
  2. 2
    A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how porosity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

Etymology

From porous + -ity.

This word in other languages

porosidad(Español)porosité(Français)Porösität(Deutsch)porosidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprosity
  • poorsity
  • poroisty
  • porositty
  • porosityy
  • porosiyt
  • porossity
  • porostiy
  • porrosity
  • porsoity
  • pporosity
  • proosity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porosity - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oprosity2poorsity2poroisty2porositty1porosityy1porosiyt2porossity1porostiy2
Edit distance from "porosity"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porosity"?
"porosity" is spelled P-O-R-O-S-I-T-Y.
What does "porosity" mean?
As a noun, "porosity" means: The state of being porous.
What are common misspellings of "porosity"?
Common misspellings include "oprosity", "poorsity", "poroisty", "porositty", "porosityy". The correct spelling is "porosity".
What is the origin of the word "porosity"?
From porous + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "porosity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list