Words ending in ITY
There are 500 words ending in ity in this list, most common first. Filter by letters or length.
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The most-used words ending in ity, and what they mean
These are the 14 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- university
- nounAn institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and…
- city
- nounA large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
- community
- noun(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
- activity
- noun(countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- quality
- noun(uncountable) Level of excellence.
- security
- noun(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
- authority
- noun(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
- ability
- noun(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
- reality
- nounThe state of being actual or real; realness.
- capacity
- nounThe ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- majority
- nounMore than half (50%) of some group.
- opportunity
- nounA chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- responsibility
- nounA duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
- identity
- nounThe difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself…
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 500 words in this list, 499 can be used as a noun, including university, city, community, activity, quality. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many words ending in ity are there?
This list holds 500, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a word ending in ITY be a noun?
Yes. 499 of the 500 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.