# enmity

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #28,530

## Definitions
1. The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
2. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

## Etymology
From Middle English enemyte, from Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inimīcitās, *inimīcitātem, from Latin inimīcus (“enemy”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad. Equivalent to enemy + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **equity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enmity-vs-equity)
- **entity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enmity-vs-entity)
- **enormity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enmity-vs-enormity)
- **emit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emit-vs-enmity)
- **empty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/empty-vs-enmity)
- **Emily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emily-vs-enmity)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emnity`, `enimty`, `enmitty`, `enmityy`, `enmiyt`, `enmmity`, `enmtiy`, `ennmity`, `nemity`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/enmity