rarity

Other forms of rarity

plural

rarities·

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 rarity

What does rarity mean?

rarity means "noteworthy scarcity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rarity?

rarity has 3 syllables: rar-i-ty. The stress falls on "rar". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛɹəti/.

What is another word for rarity?

Close synonyms include rareness, infrequency, tenuity, low density, curio. 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 rarity a common word?

rarity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.