vacuity
/væˈkjuːɪtɪ/
"vacuity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vacuity” 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 September 3, 2026) - Emptiness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vacuity · vacuity · English
vacuity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacuity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /væˈkjuːɪtɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vacuity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vacuity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /væˈkjuːɪtɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
vacuity has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity. The correct English form is vacuity, spelled V-A-C-U-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Emptiness.
- 2Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.
- 3Idleness; listlessness.
- 4An empty or inane remark or thing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vacuity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The meanes I use to suppresse this frenzy, and which seemeth the fittest for my purpose, is to crush, and trample this humane pride and fiercenesse under foot, to make them feele the emptinesse, vacuitie, and no worth of man[…].
to find so sensible a breach or vacuity in the course of the passions, by means of this breach in the connexion of ideas[…].
Etymology
From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.