suavity

noun

"suavity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suavity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness

Key facts for suavity
PropertyValue
Headwordsuavity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “suavity” sits in English frequency

suavity falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suavity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for suavity, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English suavite, suavitee, suavyte, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitās. The correct English form is suavity, spelled S-U-A-V-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness
  2. 2
    The quality of being suave.
  3. 3
    Sweetness or agreeableness to the senses, especially of taste and odour.

Etymology

From Middle English suavite, suavitee, suavyte, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitās.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suavity"?
"suavity" is spelled S-U-A-V-I-T-Y.
What does "suavity" mean?
As a noun, "suavity" means: The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness
What is the origin of the word "suavity"?
From Middle English suavite, suavitee, suavyte, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitās. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “suavity”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-U-A-V-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list