dependability
"dependability" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dependability” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,866
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dependability · dependability · English
dependability · rank #49,866 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,866
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH deregulated
Nearest frequency peer: deregulated (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dependability”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- decibel
decibel
50,138 corpus weight
- dependabili…
dependability
50,135 corpus weight
- deregulated
deregulated
50,134 corpus weight
- dereliction
dereliction
50,133 corpus weight
- dikes
dikes
50,131 corpus weight
- dimer
dimer
50,130 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dependability” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dependability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #49,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dependability” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around dependability, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,866 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for dependability, with forms such as "ddependability", "deepndability", and "depednability". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From depend + -ability. The correct English form is dependability, spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.
Etymology
From depend + -ability.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddependability
- deepndability
- depednability
- depenadbility
- dependabbility
- dependabiilty
- dependabilitty
- dependabilityy
- dependabiliyt
- dependabillity
- dependabiltiy
- dependabliity
- dependaiblity
- dependbaility
- dependdability
- depenndability
- depnedability
- deppendability
- dpeendability
- edpendability
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dependability - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dependability", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
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.