avidité

\a.vi.di.te\

/\a.vi.di.te\/ noun

The verdict

“avidité” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,652
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractère de celui, de celle, qui est avide. Désir excessif de posséder, de consommer.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

avidité vs avide
57% similar
avidité vs acidité
86% similar
avidité vs agilité
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for avidité
PropertyValue
Headwordavidité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.vi.di.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,652
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avidité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). avidité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around avidité (IPA \a.vi.di.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,652 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Caractère de celui, de celle, qui est avide. Désir excessif de posséder, de consommer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for avidité, with forms such as "aivdité", "avdiité", and "aviddité". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "avide", "acidité", "agilité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is avidité, spelled A-V-I-D-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de celui, de celle, qui est avide. Désir excessif de posséder, de consommer.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aivdité
  • avdiité
  • aviddité
  • avidite
  • aviditté
  • avidiét
  • avidtié
  • aviidté
  • avvidité
  • vaidité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avidité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aivdité2avdiité2aviddité1avidite1aviditté1avidiét2avidtié2aviidté2
Edit distance from "avidité"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avidité"?
"avidité" is spelled A-V-I-D-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vi.di.te\.
What does "avidité" mean?
As a noun, "avidité" means: Caractère de celui, de celle, qui est avide. Désir excessif de posséder, de consommer.
What words are commonly confused with "avidité"?
"avidité" is commonly confused with "avide", "acidité", "agilité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avidité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avidité" is \a.vi.di.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avidité" come from?
"avidité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “avidité”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-I-D-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.vi.di.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “avide” - see the side-by-side comparison. avidité vs avide
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list