# publicity

> English word · Noun · IPA /pʌbˈlɪsɪti/ · frequency rank #7,172

## Definitions
1. Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
2. Public interest attracted in this way.
3. The condition of being the object of public attention.
4. The quality of being public, not private.

## Etymology
From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **publicly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/publicity-vs-publicly)
- **publicize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/publicity-vs-publicize)
- **publicist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/publicist-vs-publicity)

## Common misspellings (14)
`pbulicity`, `ppublicity`, `pubblicity`, `pubilcity`, `publciity`, `publiccity`, `publicitty`, `publicityy`, `publiciyt`, `publictiy`, `publiicty`, `publlicity`, `pulbicity`, `upblicity`

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