# productivity

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/ · frequency rank #5,617

## Definitions
1. The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
2. The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.
3. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
4. The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, such as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity; the degree to which such formation happens.

## Etymology
From productive + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **productively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/productively-vs-productivity)

## Common misspellings (19)
`porductivity`, `pproductivity`, `prdouctivity`, `prodcutivity`, `prodductivity`, `producctivity`, `producitvity`, `productiivty`, `productivitty`, `productivityy`, `productiviyt`, `productivtiy`, `productivvity`, `producttivity`, `productviity`, `produtcivity`, `proudctivity`, `prroductivity`, `rpoductivity`

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