# confidentiality

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #15,990

## Definitions
1. The property of being confidential.
2. Something told in confidence; a secret.

## Etymology
From confidential + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **confidentially** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidentiality-vs-confidentially)

## Common misspellings (23)
`cconfidentiality`, `cnofidentiality`, `cofnidentiality`, `confdientiality`, `conffidentiality`, `confiddentiality`, `confidenitality`, `confidenntiality`, `confidentaility`, `confidentiailty`, `confidentialitty`, `confidentialityy`, `confidentialiyt`, `confidentiallity`, `confidentialtiy`, `confidentilaity`, `confidenttiality`, `confidetniality`, `confidnetiality`, `confiedntiality`, `conifdentiality`, `connfidentiality`, `ocnfidentiality`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/confidentiality