turbidity
"turbidity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“turbidity” is uncommon English (frequency #64,785 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,785
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being turbid; turbidness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-turbidity · turbidity · English
turbidity · rank #64,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,785
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tulloch
Nearest frequency peer: Tulloch (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “turbidity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tripathi
Tripathi
35,219 corpus weight
- trounced
trounced
35,218 corpus weight
- Tulloch
Tulloch
35,217 corpus weight
- turbidity
turbidity
35,216 corpus weight
- tyme
tyme
35,214 corpus weight
- UAC
UAC
35,212 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “turbidity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turbidity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “turbidity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
turbidity is uncommon English at frequency #64,785 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for turbidity in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin turbiditās. By surface analysis, turbid + -ity. The correct English form is turbidity, spelled T-U-R-B-I-D-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being turbid; turbidness.
- 2The measure of transparency of a fluid (units of measurement include Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU)).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turbidity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont.
Over a 5 days period beginning on November 21, 2011 and ending on November 26, 2011 we deployed an array of hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic sensors on a tripod frame, including two turbidity sensors, two pore water pressure sensors, one sea gauge wave tide recorder, one kinemometer, and one acoustic erosion measuring instrument (Fig. 21.2).
Etymology
From Latin turbiditās. By surface analysis, turbid + -ity.
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); 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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