# hostility

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɒˈstɪlɪti/ · frequency rank #12,790

## Definitions
1. The state of being hostile.
2. A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

## Etymology
From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

## Common misspellings (14)
`hhostility`, `hositlity`, `hosstility`, `hostiilty`, `hostilitty`, `hostilityy`, `hostiliyt`, `hostillity`, `hostiltiy`, `hostliity`, `hosttility`, `hotsility`, `hsotility`, `ohstility`

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