comparability
/ˌkɒmp(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/
"comparability" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comparability” is uncommon English (frequency #64,278 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,278
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being comparable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comparability · comparability · English
comparability · rank #64,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,278
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Comintern
Nearest frequency peer: Comintern (-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 “comparability”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- colorist
colorist
35,727 corpus weight
- Comintern
Comintern
35,724 corpus weight
- comparabili…
comparability
35,723 corpus weight
- compo
compo
35,722 corpus weight
- consistory
consistory
35,721 corpus weight
- constitutio…
constitutionalism
35,720 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “comparability” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comparability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒmp(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #64,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “comparability” in English
Rare enough to double-check
comparability is uncommon English at frequency #64,278 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɒmp(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being comparable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for comparability, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is comparability, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being comparable.
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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