# frailty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹeɪlti/ · frequency rank #41,133

## Definitions
1. The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

## Etymology
From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.

## Easily confused with
- **fruity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frailty-vs-fruity)
- **frail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frail-vs-frailty)
- **faulty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faulty-vs-frailty)
- **fealty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fealty-vs-frailty)
- **fragility** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fragility-vs-frailty)

## Common misspellings (11)
`farilty`, `ffrailty`, `fraillty`, `frailtty`, `frailtyy`, `frailyt`, `fraitly`, `frality`, `frialty`, `frrailty`, `rfailty`

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