comprehensibility
noun
comprehensibility is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 17 letters and 7 syllables. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comprehensibility means “The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comprehensibility is comprehensibilities.
How many letters and syllables are in comprehensibility?
| Letters | 17: C-O-M-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is comprehensibility?
Comprehensibility appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 comprehensibility?
Comprehensibility has 7 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).
Forms of comprehensibility
- comprehensibilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comprehensibility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comprehensibility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense The property of being understandable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | compréhensibilité |
| German | Verständlichkeit |
| Portuguese | compreensibilidade, inteligibilidade |
| Spanish | comprensibilidad |
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.