sagacity
/səˈɡæ.sə.ti/
"sagacity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sagacity” is uncommon English (frequency #92,023 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,023
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sagacity · sagacity · English
sagacity · rank #92,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,023
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Saidi
Nearest frequency peer: Saidi (+2 rank slots)
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sagacity”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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7,983 corpus weight
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7,981 corpus weight
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sagacity
7,978 corpus weight
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7,976 corpus weight
- Salcedo
Salcedo
7,974 corpus weight
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7,973 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sagacity” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sagacity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈɡæ.sə.ti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sagacity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sagacity is uncommon English at frequency #92,023 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /səˈɡæ.sə.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sagacity, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“I perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity. The correct English form is sagacity, spelled S-A-G-A-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
- 2Keen sense of smell.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sagacity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.
Immediately after the meal, when he was alone again, he set to work to examine Drayton’s papers, of which there lay quite a mass on the table near him and, leaning toward the lamp on his elbow, he weighed the meaning of each with a certain sideward sagacity of gaze, a sagacity that smiled in its self-sureness. Swiss Family Robinson- "....near the mouth of…
Etymology
From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“I perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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