rarity
/ˈɹɛəɹəti/noun
rarity is spelled R-A-R-I-T-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rarity means “A measure of the scarcity of an object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rarity is rarities.
How many letters and syllables are in rarity?
| Letters | 6: R-A-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is rarity?
Rarity appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rarity?
- UK /ˈɹɛəɹəti/
- British /ˈɹɛːɹətɪj/
- /ˈɹeɹəti/
Rarity has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-rarity.ogg, En-au-rarity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rarity
- rarities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rarity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A measure of the scarcity of an object.
- 2
Thinness; the property of having low density
- 3
A rare object.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rarity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 rarity come from?
From rare + -ity, borrowed from Middle French rarité, from Latin rāritās; compare French rareté. See also rare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).