# porosity

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #41,815

## Definitions
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.

## Common misspellings (12)
`oprosity`, `poorsity`, `poroisty`, `porositty`, `porosityy`, `porosiyt`, `porossity`, `porostiy`, `porrosity`, `porsoity`, `pporosity`, `proosity`

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