oddity

Other forms of oddity

plural

oddities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oddity

What does oddity mean?

oddity means "eccentricity that is not easily explained". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oddity?

oddity has 3 syllables: od-di-ty. The stress falls on "od". In IPA it is /ˈɑdəti/.

What is another word for oddity?

Close synonyms include oddness, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oddity a common word?

oddity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.