banality
/bəˈnælɪti/
"banality" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“banality” is uncommon English (frequency #57,882 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,882
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being banal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-banality · banality · English
banality · rank #57,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,882
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Ballymena
Nearest frequency peer: Ballymena (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “banality”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Baikal
Baikal
42,123 corpus weight
- Ballymena
Ballymena
42,120 corpus weight
- banality
banality
42,119 corpus weight
- barangay
barangay
42,118 corpus weight
- Barbarossa
Barbarossa
42,117 corpus weight
- basilisk
basilisk
42,116 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “banality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “banality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
banality is uncommon English at frequency #57,882 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bəˈnælɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how banality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The concept of the banality of evil came into prominence following the publication of Hannah Arendt's 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, which was based on the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Jerusalem.
The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility.
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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