sanctity
/ˈsæŋktɪti/
"sanctity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sanctity” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,630
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
Corpus desk
Index EN-sanctity · sanctity · English
sanctity · rank #27,630 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,630
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH saltwater
Nearest frequency peer: saltwater (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sanctity”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- rosetta
rosetta
72,376 corpus weight
- rupee
rupee
72,374 corpus weight
- saltwater
saltwater
72,372 corpus weight
- sanctity
sanctity
72,371 corpus weight
- Schroeder
Schroeder
72,369 corpus weight
- scrabble
scrabble
72,367 corpus weight
What this shows “sanctity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sanctity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsæŋktɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sanctity”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around sanctity (IPA /ˈsæŋktɪti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,630 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sanctity, with forms such as "asnctity", "sacntity", and "sancctity". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sanity", "sanction", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sanctity, from Old French sanctete, from Latin sānctitās. The correct English form is sanctity, spelled S-A-N-C-T-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
- 2The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
- 3Something considered sacred.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sanctity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?
[…] allowed the Israeli occupation over 75 years to commit the worst crimes ever against the Palestinian people, land and sanctities.
Etymology
From Middle English sanctity, from Old French sanctete, from Latin sānctitās.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asnctity
- sacntity
- sancctity
- sancitty
- sanctitty
- sanctityy
- sanctiyt
- sancttity
- sancttiy
- sannctity
- santcity
- snactity
- ssanctity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sanctity - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).