heritability
noun
heritability is spelled H-E-R-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, heritability means “The condition of being inheritable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of heritability is heritabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in heritability?
| Letters | 12: H-E-R-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is heritability?
Heritability appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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).
Forms of heritability
- heritabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does heritability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being inheritable
- 2
The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Heritability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | héritabilité |
| German | Heritabilität, Erblichkeit, Vererbbarkeit |
| Spanish | heredabilidad |
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.