enforceability
"enforceability" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enforceability” is uncommon English (frequency #77,644 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,644
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being enforceable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enforceability · enforceability · English
enforceability · rank #77,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,644
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH emption
Nearest frequency peer: emption (-3 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.
Long-tail ranks near “enforceability”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- emerg
emerg
22,362 corpus weight
- emptier
emptier
22,361 corpus weight
- emption
emption
22,360 corpus weight
- enforceabil…
enforceability
22,357 corpus weight
- enunciate
enunciate
22,354 corpus weight
- environ
environ
22,353 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “enforceability” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enforceability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #77,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “enforceability” in English
Rare enough to double-check
enforceability is uncommon English at frequency #77,644 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being enforceable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for enforceability in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From enforce + -ability. The correct English form is enforceability, spelled E-N-F-O-R-C-E-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of being enforceable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enforceability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The position of the individual as a subject of international law has often been obscured by the failure to observe the distinction between the recognition, in an international instrument of rights enuring to the benefit of the individual and the enforceability of these rights at his instance.
Safety advocates counter that the same arguments about enforceability pervaded the discussion surrounding seat belt laws but that those laws, even when they were not vigorously enforced, led to widespread behavioral changes.
Etymology
From enforce + -ability.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).