1 | noun | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things 2 | noun | noticeable heterogeneity 3 | noun | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics 4 | noun | a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances 5 | noun | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality 6 | noun | a difference that is usually pleasant (6 meanings)

ver'ahyuhtee (IPA: vɝˈaɪəti)

va-ri-e-ty (7 letters | 4 syllables)

1533 (European Renaissance) (492 years ago)

Middle French | Latin

written: 1064th most common (1 in 10526 words) ( > 99% noun)

spoken: 2091st most common (1 in 41667 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

varieties

assortment | miscellanea | miscellany | mixed bag | mixture | motley | potpourri | salmagundi | smorgasbord | diverseness | diversity | multifariousness | variety show | form | kind | ... (total: 17)

alphabet soup | farrago | gallimaufry | grab bag | hodgepodge | hotchpotch | melange | mingle-mangle | mishmash | oddments | odds and ends | omnium-gatherum | ragbag | range | sampler | ... (total: 48)

accumulation | aggregation | assemblage | collection | heterogeneity | heterogeneousness | taxon | taxonomic category | taxonomic group | show | category | difference (total: 12)

anxiety | impropriety | notoriety | piety | propriety | sobriety | society (total: 7) (based on typical American pronunciation)

satiety | variate | varietal

(none among common words)

variety meat | variety show

variety.com | variety.net | variety.org | variety.info | variety.biz (total: 5)

A little of this, a little of that | Daily Hollywood publication | Publication that coined the word "sitcom" (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

13 (International English) | 13 (North American English)

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