gullibility
/ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/
"gullibility" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gullibility” is uncommon English (frequency #82,357 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,357
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gullibility · gullibility · English
gullibility · rank #82,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,357
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Guillen
Nearest frequency peer: Guillen (-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 “gullibility”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle
17,646 corpus weight
- Guillen
Guillen
17,645 corpus weight
- gullibility
gullibility
17,644 corpus weight
- gumshoe
gumshoe
17,643 corpus weight
- guv
guv
17,642 corpus weight
- Hadar
Hadar
17,640 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gullibility” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gullibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gullibility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gullibility is uncommon English at frequency #82,357 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gullibility, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gullible + -ity. The correct English form is gullibility, spelled G-U-L-L-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gullibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.
Etymology
From gullible + -ity.
Synonyms
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).