fallibility
/fæləˈbɪləti/
"fallibility" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fallibility” is uncommon English (frequency #79,504 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,504
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being prone to error.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fallibility · fallibility · English
fallibility · rank #79,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,504
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH factoid
Nearest frequency peer: factoid (-1 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 “fallibility”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- euphorbia
euphorbia
20,502 corpus weight
- evanescent
evanescent
20,501 corpus weight
- explication
explication
20,499 corpus weight
- factoid
factoid
20,498 corpus weight
- fallibility
fallibility
20,497 corpus weight
- fettuccine
fettuccine
20,491 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fallibility” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fallibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fæləˈbɪləti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fallibility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fallibility is uncommon English at frequency #79,504 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fæləˈbɪləti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fallibility in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fallible + -ity. The correct English form is fallibility, spelled F-A-L-L-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being prone to error.
- 2An error-generating characteristic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fallibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity.
Dr. Anne Armstrong-Coben has provided a spot-on description of the fallibilities of the electronic medical record from the standpoint of the doctor-patient encounter.
Etymology
From fallible + -ity.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).