verbosity
/vɚˈbɑsəti/noun
verbosity is spelled V-E-R-B-O-S-I-T-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, verbosity means “The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of verbosity is verbosities.
How many letters and syllables are in verbosity?
| Letters | 9: V-E-R-B-O-S-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is verbosity?
Verbosity appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce verbosity?
- UK /vəˈbɒsəti/
- US /vɚˈbɑsəti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-verbosity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with verbosity?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as verbosity from its last stressed vowel (/ɑsəti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of verbosity
- verbosities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does verbosity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Verbosity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the excess use of words; long-windedness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | verbosité |
| German | Verbosität, Weitschweifigkeit |
| Portuguese | verbosidade, verborragia |
| Spanish | palabrería |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does verbosity come from?
From Middle French verbosité, from Late Latin verbōsitās. By surface analysis, verbose + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).