eligibility
/ˌɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/noun
eligibility is spelled E-L-I-G-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 6 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eligibility means “The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eligibility is eligibilities.
How many letters and syllables are in eligibility?
| Letters | 11: E-L-I-G-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 eligibility?
Eligibility appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 eligibility?
- UK /ˌɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- US /ˌɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
- US [ˌɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
Eligibility has 6 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)-Wodencafe-eligibility.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-VCcortex-eligibility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eligibility?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eligibility from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləti/):
- responsibility
- possibility
- capability
- probability
- accountability
- fertility
- sustainability
- instability
- vulnerability
- compatibility
- accessibility
- volatility
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 eligibility
- eligibilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eligibility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.
determine eligibility
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eligibility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being eligible:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | éligibilité, admissibilité |
| German | Berechtigung, Eignung, Geeignetheit, Geeignetsein, Tauglichkeit, Zulassungsfähigkeit |
| Portuguese | elegibilidade |
| Spanish | elegibilidad |
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.