credibility
/kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/
"credibility" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“credibility” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,530 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,530
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | credibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “credibility” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for credibility is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,530 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for credibility, with forms such as "ccredibility", "cerdibility", and "crdeibility". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity. The correct English form is credibility, spelled C-R-E-D-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
- 2A believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.
Etymology
Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccredibility,cerdibility,crdeibility,credbiility,creddibility,credibbility,credibiilty,credibilitty,credibilityy,credibiliyt,credibillity,credibiltiy,credibliity,crediiblity,creidbility,crredibility,rcedibility
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of credibility - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “credibility”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-E-D-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.