chirality
/kaɪˈɹælɪti/noun
chirality is spelled C-H-I-R-A-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chirality means “The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chirality is chiralities.
How many letters and syllables are in chirality?
| Letters | 9: C-H-I-R-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 87,317th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chirality?
Chirality appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chirality?
- /kaɪˈɹælɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-chirality.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chirality
- chiralities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chirality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chirality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chiralité |
| German | Chiralität |
| Portuguese | quiralidade |
| Spanish | quiralidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chirality come from?
From chiral + -ity = chir- + -ality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).