timidity
/tɪˈmɪdɪti/
"timidity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“timidity” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,064 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,064
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being timid; shyness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timidity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɪˈmɪdɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “timidity” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for timidity is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɪˈmɪdɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,064 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being timid; shyness.".
Zero misspellings are on record for timidity in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From timid + -ity, from Middle French timidité, from Latin timiditātem. The correct English form is timidity, spelled T-I-M-I-D-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being timid; shyness.
Etymology
From timid + -ity, from Middle French timidité, from Latin timiditātem.
Synonyms
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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Using “timidity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-M-I-D-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɪˈmɪdɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.