# severity

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɪˈvɛɹɪti/ · frequency rank #11,114

## Definitions
1. The state of being severe.
2. The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

## Etymology
From Middle English severity, from Middle French severite (modern French sévérité), from Latin sevēritās. By surface analysis, severe + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **seventy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seventy-vs-severity)
- **security** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/security-vs-severity)
- **severely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severely-vs-severity)
- **serenity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serenity-vs-severity)
- **severing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/severing-vs-severity)

## Common misspellings (12)
`esverity`, `seevrity`, `seveirty`, `severitty`, `severityy`, `severiyt`, `severrity`, `severtiy`, `sevreity`, `sevverity`, `sseverity`, `sveerity`

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