banality
/bəˈnælɪti/
"banality" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“banality” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,882 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,882
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being banal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bəˈnælɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banality” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for banality is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bəˈnælɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,882 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for banality, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French banalité, from banal, equivalent to banal + -ity. The correct English form is banality, spelled B-A-N-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being banal.
- 2Something which is banal.
- 3A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.
Etymology
From French banalité, from banal, equivalent to banal + -ity.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “banality”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-N-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bəˈnælɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.