commonality
/ˌkɑ.məˈnæl.ə.ti/noun
commonality is spelled C-O-M-M-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, commonality means “The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of commonality is commonalities.
How many letters and syllables are in commonality?
| Letters | 11: C-O-M-M-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is commonality?
Commonality appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 commonality?
- UK /ˌkɒm.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
- US /ˌkɑ.məˈnæl.ə.ti/
- US [-ɾi]
Commonality has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-commonality.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with commonality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as commonality from its last stressed vowel (/æləti/):
- reality
- personality
- sexuality
- hospitality
- neutrality
- immortality
- normality
- abnormality
- punctuality
- universality
- centrality
- irrationality
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of commonality
- commonalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does commonality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
- 2
Such a shared attribute or characteristic
- 3
A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
- 4
obsoleteThe common people; the commonalty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Commonality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | German, Gemeinsamkeit |
| Spanish | comunalidad |
| French | communité |
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 commonality come from?
From common + -ality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).