immorality
/ɪməˈɹælɪti/
"immorality" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immorality” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #34,929 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,929
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immorality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪməˈɹælɪti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “immorality” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for immorality is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪməˈɹælɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,929 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for immorality, with forms such as "immoarlity", "immorailty", and "immoralitty". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "immortality", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is immorality, spelled I-M-M-O-R-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
- 2An immoral act or practice.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: immoarlity,immorailty,immoralitty,immoralityy,immoraliyt,immorallity,immoraltiy,immorlaity,immorrality,immroality,imomrality,imorality,mimorality
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immorality - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “immorality”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-M-O-R-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪməˈɹælɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “immortality” - see the side-by-side comparison. immorality vs immortality
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
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.