hypermobility
noun
hypermobility is a noun meaning “An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hypermobility is hypermobilities.
What does hypermobility mean?
noun
- 1
An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- 2
The practice of taking frequent trips, usually by air.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hypermobility
- hypermobilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hypermobility?
Hypermobility appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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).
Hypermobility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hypermobilität |
| Spanish | hipermovibilidad, hiperlaxitud articularia |
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.
Where does hypermobility come from?
From hyper- + mobility.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).