extensibility
/ɛkˌstɛn.səˈbɪ.lə.ti/noun
extensibility is spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, extensibility means “The capability of being extended” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of extensibility is extensibilities.
How many letters and syllables are in extensibility?
| Letters | 13: E-X-T-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th 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; 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 extensibility?
Extensibility appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 extensibility?
- US /ɛkˌstɛn.səˈbɪ.lə.ti/
Extensibility has 6 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-extensibility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with extensibility?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as extensibility 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 extensibility
- extensibilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extensibility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The capability of being extended.
- 2
A quality of design that takes possible future advances into consideration and attempts to accommodate them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Extensibility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense capability of being extended:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Erweiterbarkeit |
| Portuguese | extensibilidade |
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 extensibility come from?
From extensible + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).