ephemerality
"ephemerality" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ephemerality” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ephemerality · ephemerality · English
ephemerality · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | ephemerality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ephemerality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ephemerality is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ephemerality doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ephemeral + -ity. The correct English form is ephemerality, spelled E-P-H-E-M-E-R-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- 2Something that is ephemeral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ephemerality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting.
So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.
Etymology
From ephemeral + -ity.
Synonyms
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.