congeniality
/kənˌd͡ʒiːniˈælɪti/
"congeniality" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congeniality” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,753 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,753
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congeniality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kənˌd͡ʒiːniˈælɪti/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congeniality” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for congeniality is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kənˌd͡ʒiːniˈælɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,753 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for congeniality in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From congenial + -ity. The correct English form is congeniality, spelled C-O-N-G-E-N-I-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.
Etymology
From congenial + -ity.
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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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-G-E-N-I-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.