-ibility
/-ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
"ibility" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-ibility” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of -ability. Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -ible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ibility · -ibility · English
-ibility · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | /-ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-ibility” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-ibility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed /-ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of -ability. Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -ible.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for -ibility in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Equivalent to -ible + -ity. The correct English form is -ibility, spelled --I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of -ability. Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -ible.
Etymology
Equivalent to -ible + -ity.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.