immobility
noun
immobility is spelled I-M-M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables. 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, immobility means “The quality of not moving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of immobility is immobilities.
How many letters and syllables are in immobility?
| Letters | 10: I-M-M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is immobility?
Immobility 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).
How do you pronounce immobility?
Immobility has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-immobility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of immobility
- immobilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immobility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of not moving.
- 2
The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.
Immobility is a big problem for many people who can't afford a car.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immobility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of not moving:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immobilité |
| German | Immobilität |
| Portuguese | imobilidade |
| Spanish | inmovilidad |
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 immobility come from?
From Middle French immobilité, equivalent to immobile + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).