porosity

Name: porosity, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

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: 46,516
“P” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being porous.

Key facts for porosity
Property	Value
Headword	porosity
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#41,815
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “porosity” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). porosity lands here:

#41,815

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around porosity, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,815 among 46,516 “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
The state of being porous.
2
A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume

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.

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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Using “porosity”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is P-O-R-O-S-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.