durability
/dəɹəˈbɪləti/noun
durability is spelled D-U-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, durability means “The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of durability is durabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in durability?
| Letters | 10: D-U-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is durability?
Durability appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce durability?
- US /dəɹəˈbɪləti/
- UK /ˈdʲʊɹəbɪləti/
Durability has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-durability.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with durability?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as durability from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləti/):
- responsibility
- possibility
- capability
- probability
- accountability
- fertility
- sustainability
- eligibility
- instability
- vulnerability
- compatibility
- accessibility
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of durability
- durabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does durability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Durability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | durabilité, résistance |
| German | Haltbarkeit |
| Portuguese | durabilidade |
| Spanish | durabilidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does durability come from?
From Middle English durabilite, from Old French durabilité, from Latin dūrābilitās (“durability”). Corresponding to durable + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).