docility
"docility" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“docility” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being docile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-docility · docility · English
docility · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | docility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “docility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
docility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being docile.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for docility, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas. The correct English form is docility, spelled D-O-C-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being docile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how docility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Couldn't docility from totalitarian indoctrination be a human shortcoming?
Etymology
From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.