purity
pur·i·ty/ˈpjʊɹɪti/noun
purity is spelled P-U-R-I-T-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables (pur·i·ty). It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Purity, the name). As a noun, purity means “The state or degree of being pure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of purity is purities.
How many letters and syllables are in purity?
| Letters | 6: P-U-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pur·i·ty |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is purity?
Purity appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Purity, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce purity?
- UK /ˈpjʊəɹɪti/
- UK /ˈpjɔːɹɪti/
- US /ˈpjʊɹɪti/
Purity has 3 syllables, split pur·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-purity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with purity?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as purity from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹɪti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of purity
- purities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does purity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or degree of being pure.
The purity of the water was tested in a laboratory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Purity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being pure:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does purity come from?
From pure + -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).