immobility
"immobility" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immobility” is uncommon English (frequency #62,987 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,987
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of not moving.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immobility · immobility · English
immobility · rank #62,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,987
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH imminently
Nearest frequency peer: imminently (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “immobility”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ilona
Ilona
37,018 corpus weight
- imaginings
imaginings
37,017 corpus weight
- imminently
imminently
37,015 corpus weight
- immobility
immobility
37,014 corpus weight
- immobilize
immobilize
37,013 corpus weight
- imperator
imperator
37,012 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “immobility” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immobility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immobility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immobility is uncommon English at frequency #62,987 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for immobility, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French immobilité, equivalent to immobile + -ity. The correct English form is immobility, spelled I-M-M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of not moving.
- 2The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immobility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Common to all Regions were frozen points, which were troublesome not only because of immobility, but because failure to close prevented operation of detector circuits.
See how he still covers his face with his hands when he sees me and his immobility and fixed stare are often evident.
Etymology
From Middle French immobilité, equivalent to immobile + -ity.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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