gentility
/ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/
"gentility" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gentility” is uncommon English (frequency #93,731 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,731
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gentility · gentility · English
gentility · rank #93,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,731
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gendering
Nearest frequency peer: gendering (-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 “gentility”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gascony
Gascony
6,277 corpus weight
- gendering
gendering
6,271 corpus weight
- gentility
gentility
6,270 corpus weight
- gett
gett
6,266 corpus weight
- Ghislaine
Ghislaine
6,264 corpus weight
- giblets
giblets
6,263 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gentility” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gentility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gentility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gentility is uncommon English at frequency #93,731 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gentility, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French gentilité. The correct English form is gentility, spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
- 2The upper classes, the gentry.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gentility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He is the violence and fear of the boy of my stories, yet the gentility and sensitivity of poetry.
A powerful visitors’ bureau has pushed the South Carolina city to the top of “best” lists by selling gentility. Critics say that has come at the expense of history and the city’s Black population.
Etymology
From Old French gentilité.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).