fragility
/fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/noun
fragility is spelled F-R-A-G-I-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fragility means “The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fragility is fragilities.
How many letters and syllables are in fragility?
| Letters | 9: F-R-A-G-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fragility?
Fragility appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 fragility?
- /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/
Fragility has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fragility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fragility
- fragilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fragility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- 2
Weakness; feebleness.
- 3
obsoleteLiability to error and sin; frailty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fragility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition or quality of being fragile:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fragilité |
| German | Zerbrechlichkeit |
| Portuguese | fragilidade |
| Spanish | fragilidad |
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 fragility come from?
Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).