# fragility

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/ · frequency rank #29,662

## Definitions
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
2. Weakness; feebleness.
3. Liability to error and sin; frailty.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **frailty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fragility-vs-frailty)
- **facility** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facility-vs-fragility)

## Common misspellings (14)
`fargility`, `ffragility`, `fraggility`, `fragiilty`, `fragilitty`, `fragilityy`, `fragiliyt`, `fragillity`, `fragiltiy`, `fragliity`, `fraiglity`, `frgaility`, `frragility`, `rfagility`

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